In hot water

I had one of my busier three-day weekends in a while. The new water heater is installed, as well as the two new outside faucets (one cold only, one hot & cold), plus a host of fixes and upgrades for that part of the plumbing. A detour with some work in the garage, plus the beginnings of taking apart the huge blue spruce that toppled during Snowpocalypse/Snowmageddon/Snow2012/etc. I kinda overdid things physically when dealing with the tree, which caused setbacks during the plumbing. As it happened, the time it took for me to redo the plumbing went way beyond the Friday/Saturday combo I set aside. To that end, I kept on with my work on Saturday evening, finishing up just as the sun was coming back up. The determined night owl still resides in me, as I can work through the night without any problems and well into the next day with no fatigue. I climbed into bed in hopes of having a nice hot shower in an hour or two once the heater caught up. Jeff wanted sex first, so he got that as well. ;o) By that time, the water was nice and hot, and we were both in dire need of a good shower after two days plus. I got a few hours rest in then finished up on the plumbing stuff. I'm very happy with the way it all turned out. Now comes the huge task of cleaning up the aftermath in the workshop, where all the water supply infrastructure resides. The water heater itself is a geekgasm-inducing piece. It even has it's own FAQ screen with all the info anyone would ever use, right on the panel. The UI is terrific.

I'll be posting some pictures of some of the stuff I've been doing once I figure out what has gone awry with the SDHC card reader plugged into this PC. Reads non-SDHC cards fine, but it took a leave of it's senses on the big stuff. That's a project for another day. I am on a drive to get these things done on a timely basis and rewarding myself with some much-needed vacation time. We both need it. I just hope my body holds up in the meantime.