A Debt To Be Paid
A couple of Mondays ago, I had a Comp Day from school where I trade one of the days I work over the summer and don't get paid for a day during the school year where I do. I had the day off. There had been a leak in my John for a couple of months. It came and went. Very slight in sound. I often would turn the water valve off when not using rather than address the underlying problem which I surmised was an aged stopper inside the tank. But, I wore the valve out to the point where it was stripped and wouldn't shut the water off anymore. So, I decided to try and fix it on the day off. As is typical, I couldn't just replace the handle of the valve. I had to replace the whole valve unit that had different fittings. Job went from elementary to secondary immediately. I also planned to buy a replacement stopper which I should have done to start several months before. So, back from the hardware store I came. After watching some YouTube videos, none of which quite capture ent...