Small Victories

So this weekend was full of house disappointments and some small victories, too...

Saturday afternoon dad came over to help install the microwave, replace some light switches and help with some other odds and ends. (When I say microwave, I don't mean the ones that sit on the counter. Rather the ones that mount under the cabinet above the stove!) As soon as dad arrived we got to work on the microwave; dad read the instructions (a tad surprising, usually that's my job) while I unpacked the box. After some measuring and line drawing I come to the realization that the microwave is too big to fit where I wanted to mount it... yet again another disappointment. Not to mention I've waited almost a month to install the darn thing and it was too big. GRRR... score one to the house.

We decided to move on and try our hand at replacing the light switch in the kitchen. Since the switch is at the back of the room and you enter from the front of the room (stupid old house) I thought it would be neat to get a motion sensor so that when you walked in the room the light would turn on. Well of course this wasn't easy, either. It turns out the motion sensor was too big for the electrical box. After a lot of maneuvering we were able to get the box to fit and got it all wired up. There was only one problem, the light flickered once the motion sensor was activated. I tried to adjust all the settings, but nothing corrected the issue. Time to undo everything that was done. GRRR... score another one to the house.

Now it was time to move on to the shower head. I tried doing this last week, but I didn't have the correct wrench to remove the original shower head. Luckily dad had the correct tool and I was able to replace it myself... Score one to me!

Last order of business, hot water! From the very beginning I have not had very hot water - to be honest, I would call it lukewarm on its hottest day. I was thinking that the hot water heater was broken, or the temperature needed to be adjusted. Having never tinkered with something like this, especially not a gas powered appliance, I decided I was definitely waiting for dad. Dad located the knob (which was set at the lowest setting) and turned it up. Immediately the hot water heater started singing and I knew hot water was going to be available soon. Score another one to Jay!

The rest of the evening consisted of me setting up my new wireless router, playing some Wii, watching some movies and later heading to bed.