Or critters. Well, our dishwasher problem has escalated to a point that is a major problem for me.

Bill Smith Appliances where we bought it, sent their repair guy, Rick. I asked him if he had a bar in Casablanca and he said, “I wish.” Anyway, he discovered the hoses in the rear of the unit and the insulation on the piece that is in front at the bottom, eaten away and that is why it is flooding and he asked if we had rats. He said the dishwasher can be fixed if it can be removed. He was skeptical about removing and getting it back in because the cabinetry is in very bad shape.

I finally got Ed to come out from the bedroom where he was resting and talk to the repair guy personally, because reporting to Ed is a lost cause. He says stuff like, “that isn’t possible" and why is this and why is that and I then retreated from being the go-between, which I saw as an impossible task and also no-win. So, Ed came out of the bedroom with pique intact because why does he have to do everything, and talked to the guy and then he went to the garage and got some tools and removed the bolts with the tool-bolt-remover (who knew there was such a thing)and they worked together to remove the dishwasher without destroying everything around it.

What was found is 4 inches of hose eaten away and Rick went away to order the replacement and someone, maybe him, maybe someone else, will come back next week, mid-week if we are lucky, to put the new hose back in.

I heard Ed say “I have to have a dishwasher” which I found amusing, and infinitely insupportable, since he hasn’t washed a dish since I moved in, in 1995, and maybe not then, because he would stack the dishes till his cleaning lady came, and she came every week.

I would also like to locate the access point, probably a hole in the wall somewhere, that allows the vermin or whatever it is to get into the interior.

Meanwhile, back to the sink and I am finding that my back is a problem where it never used to be and it is just at that point in the evening where I have no energy.

xx, Teal