Stuff Breaks

Mike went down to the basement yesterday to put softener salt in the softener. While there he noticed the water tank was only about half full. This is rather odd because our well keeps that thing full. We go to the Cassidy's for swimming and lunch and when we get back Mike checks the level again. Still about half full. Oh No. Water is not coming in from the well. Luckily we have a "back-up". ~ (much like Jacob playing Up and Down the River) ~ Mike turns on the timer for the second well, and it brings in some water. We decide to take very short showers and not use any more water than necessary ~ who knows how long it will before before we can get this figured out. Worst case scenario: it's run dry. At this point I'm looking up in the sky to see if that black cloud is back...

This morning it wasn't much fuller than the night before ~ so we figure the "back-up" isn't really going to keep us in the water we'll need. Mike manages to get a hold of the well guy that the Cassidys used when their well went bad last summer. He was able to come around noon.

Luckily the well had water in it ~ but the pump was bad ~ broken shaft. So we spent $830 on a brand new well pump. Aren't you jealous you don't have a new one too?
Stuff breaks...and you have to fix it.