Every year the gas people come around and do an inspection, and there is also an obligatory one every five years that is required by the government. This year the two inspections came very close together, and the annual one was yesterday. I normally just watch the guy do his stuff, thank him, and that’s that. But this time it occurred to me to ask him if he knew why the hot water always cut out during a shower, while washing up, etc.

Some of you already know that the thing I like least about the present casa az is the poky “under the stairs” bathroom. And what makes it even worse is the crap water pressure and this annoying problem with the hot water. Well, I can’t do anything about the bathroom but the gas guy fixed the hot water problem by simply TURNING UP THE TEMP on the water heater. Like duh. This means the water runs hotter so that cold water must be used, which means more water pressure, and no temperature variance. Now I just need a bigger bathroom!