Can anything ELSE go wrong? :)

I realized , after the THIRD dryer cycle, that my washer/dryer is most likely broken. It is a lovely little European model, by Malber, an Italian company.  It really is a neat-o little gadget, as you put the load in with some laundry soap, and it comes out dry! No dryer required...except when it isn't working. :/

So I called the campus folks to alert them and they predictably called the "Malber"guy. 

"He's the guy who knows how to  fix the Malbers..." I am told, as If I have not heard this before, about 6 times.  "He'll get it up and running!" 

"But--He said last time that it was on its "last legs" and that we need to think about another arrangement..."  

"Oh! Can you hold please? " 

 

"Ok. He'll be right out! " 

*sigh* 

So the "Malber" guy comes on down and "fixes the machine again...or so it was supposed to happen.  In reality, he took my machine apart and scuffed up the kitchen floor, smelled of cigarette smoke and motor oil,  ( at least that's what I thought it was)  and he left  promising me he'd order the new heating element from Italy.  The rest of the machine he had taken apart and put in my supply closet.  

 

"Italy? How long will that take? " 

" Hard to say...maybe 2 weeks, if all goes well. " ( cheery laugh) 

Then, Mr.Malber left, and I discovered "Lake Secrethouse" coming from under my sink...

It turns out that Mr. Malber had broken the hot water hose that led to the machine and it was now leaking, rapidly, under my sink, and If I didn't act fast, I t woul dbe in my living room. 

I called Carl and he walked me through turning off the different valves until the leak was stopped. 

After about 15 minutes, Mr Malber comes riding in on his shiny horse to declare that I had indeed turned off the correct valve!!

 <> 

So that was Thursday...

Friday, I woke up to an Ant Swarm . Apparently all the moisture has driven then indoors.  

:O