I'm Up The Creek ... Where's My Paddle?

It seems like I'm in this kind of pickle a lot.  I'm always up the creek with no paddle in sight, not even a stick to wave in the wind.  At the moment, my pictures refuse to load to the blog, that after having slogged through three inches of water out front, getting slapped in the face with the biggest sprinkler on the property.  All happening at 4:30 in the morning.

It's now 5:30, meaning my internet is back to dial-up speed.  With everyone staying home, too many people are on this wavelength, making it slow as molasses.  That beautiful picture I had of the flag waving for Memorial Day will have to wait.

In the meantime, say a little prayer for those who gave their lives for our freedom and safety. Wait for it ......

Yay ... I got it to work!!  

In the meantime, having heard my biggest sprinklers in the front running for over an hour when they really SHOULD be going only 15 minutes, I trekked out to see what the problem was.  First, I turned them off.  That's funny, they kept going.  Uh oh ......

I removed the box to find the valve spraying water into the sky, meaning it's broken.  DING DING DING ... I win the PRIZE!!!  Through my still foggy brain (no coffee yet) I tried to get a little bit of reasoning going.  The system is off, the sprinklers are still going, I'll shut off the main valve.  

It's completely full of the nastiest water, slugs and black widow spiders, but none the less, I stick my hand down there.  Alas, there's no way I can turn that valve.  About that time, the sprinkler hit me in the butt!!  Yikes!!!  Now I'm sufficiently soaked from head to toe.

On the way back to the door, just for good measure, the second sprinkler hit me in the side of my face.  Well THAT woke me up!!  Since I'm pretty far up the creek now and I have not a paddle or even a life jacket, my only alternative is to flip off the circuit breaker for the well.  I hate doing that.  There's a big chance something ELSE will go wrong.

So here I sit with no water in the house, on a holiday, and it's too early to try and call the gardeners to fix it.  They probably won't be around anyway.  The good news is I still have water in the rig.  I knew there was a reason I didn't empty that tank!!

So for this morning, while I try to come up with a plan for another one of those "man" tasks, I'll leave you with this thought.