De seguro habran oido e incluso usado el refran “Cuando el pobre lava, llueve” o habran oido de las Leyes de Murphy entre las que se encuentra “Cuando todo esta bein, preocupate porque algo anda mal”.
You may have heard and even used the saying "When the poor man washes, it rains" or heard of Murphy's Laws among which is "When all is well, worry because something is wrong".
Un cielo nublado indicando que la lluvia viene / A cloudy sky indicating the rain is coming
Es asi como en la noche de ayer, pensando que todo mi dia habia sido fructifero, tanto en lo personal como en lo familiar, decidi iniciar la semana asegurandome que el tanque de almacenamiento de agua estaba lleno, aprovechando que la presión del acueducto de agua cercano a la medianoche siempre es buena. Esto solemos hacerlo ya que dicho suministro se suspende los martes por la trade – noche, y es restituido el jueves pasado el mediodia.
So last night, thinking that my whole day had been fruitful, both personally and as a family, I decided to start the week by making sure that the water storage tank was full, taking advantage of the fact that the water pressure in the pipeline around midnight is always high. This is what we usually do since the water supply is suspended on Tuesdays in the late afternoon and is restored on Thursdays after noon.
Bueno, aca es donde se inició el calvario de lograr ese objetivo. Apenas realicé la conexión para el llenado del tanque, repentinamente explotó una junta universal o junta Tipo Gres. Impotencia total. El “chorro”, con la presión nocturna, pegaba contra la pared del garaje. Cualquiera diria “Solo Cierra la llave principal y ya”. Muy cierto, pero me quedaria sin agua, hasta cuando? no sabria, ya que aunque dije que la empresa proveedora del servicio suele suspenderlo los martes, tambien es posible que sea suspendido los lunes. Solo imaginaba el no disponer del vital liquido para las necesidades por mas de cuatro dias. El solo pensarlo el estres empezaba a darme comezón. Vino a mi un consejo que solía darme Mi Reina Eterna: “Hay algo que puedas hacer ahora? no te preocupes, no hay nada ahora que puedas hacer, entonces tampoco te preocupes”. Ello me brindo calma, le informe a todos los miembros de mi familia que no tendriamos el vital liquid durante la noche, asi que podian apertrecharse con algo hasta el dia siguiente.
Well, this is where the ordeal of achieving that goal began. As soon as I made the connection to fill the tank, suddenly a universal joint or Gres-type gasket exploded. Total helplessness. The "jet", with the night pressure, hit the garage wall. Anyone would say "Just turn off the main valve and that's it". Very true, but I would be without water, until when? I wouldn't know, because although I said that the company that provides the service usually suspends it on Tuesdays, it is also possible that it is suspended on Mondays. I could only imagine not having the vital liquid for my needs for more than four days. Just thinking about it, the stress was starting to make me itch. A piece of advice that My Eternal Queen used to give me, came to me: "Is there something you can do now? don't worry, there is nothing you can do now, so don't worry either". It calmed me down, I informed all the members of my family that we would not have the vital liquid during the night, so they could stock up with something until the next day.
Muy temprano en la mañana ya iba rumbo al pueblo para ubicar los negocios, esperar que abriesen al publico, pero debí pasar por tres de ellos antes de conseguir lo que deseaba.
Fairly early in the morning I was already on my way to town to locate the stores, waiting for them to open to the public, but I had to pass by three of them before I got what I wanted.
Ya antes de media mañana estaba de regreso en casa y me dispuse a efectuar el cambio de la junta en la tuberia afectada. Para tener major agarre, me vi en la necesidad de “escarvar” alrededor de la junta para poder tener major agarre de la misma.
Before mid-morning I was back home and set out to change the joint on the affected pipe. In order to get a good grip, I had to "dig" around the joint to get a better grip on it.
Junta tipo Gres dañada / Gres type of joint damaged
Una vez efectuado la tarea de escarvar, hubo espacio suficiente para poder trabajar y empezar a desmontar la junta. Carrera contra el tiempo ya que temíamos en casa la suspención del servicio, antes de lograr llenar el tanque.
Once the digging was done, there was enough room to work and start removing the joint. We were racing against time, as we feared at home that the service would be suspended, before we managed to fill the tank.
Lo incomodo y de algun modo estresante, era desmontar la junta dañada e instalar la nueva, ya que la tuberia habia de halarse de tal manera que hubiese espacio suficiente para deslizar dicha junta, sin que la tuberia sufriese alguna fractura y terminase siendo el remedio peor que la enfermedad.
The awkward and somewhat stressful part was to disassemble the damaged joint and install the new one, since the pipe had to be pulled up in such a way that there was enough space to slide the joint, without the pipe suffering any fracture and ending up being the remedy worse than the disease.
Luego de ello, lo restante era certificar que no habia fuga de agua por los extremos de la junta una vez abierta la llave de paso.
After that, the remaining task was to certify that there was no water leakage from the ends of the joint once the main valve was opened.
La junta nueva una vez instalada / New joint once is was installed
Una vez logrado el ajuste suficiente se eliminaron posibles fugas y puedo decir que el estres se fue diluyendo, y reanudamos las tareas cotidianas, sobretodo las de lavanderia y llenado del tanque.
Once we achieved sufficient adjustment, possible leaks were eliminated and I can say that the stress was diluted, and we resumed our daily tasks, especially laundry and filling the tank.
Lo mas importante / The most important thing
Puedo decir que Dios inspira a sus hijos ya que a la hora de escribir esta publicación, el servicio de suministro de agua, como temia, habia sido suspendido.
Por ello aplica muy bien la una de las Leyes de Murphy a la cual hice referencia “Si crees que todo esta bien, preocupate porque algo esta mal” o la enseñanza biblica que dice “El que cree que esta bien parado, que se siente”.
I can say that God inspires his children because at the time of writing this post, the water supply service, as I feared, had been suspended.
Therefore, one of Murphy's Laws to which I made reference to, applies very well "If you think everything is right, worry because something is wrong" or the biblical teaching that says "He who thinks he is well standing up, let him sit down".
Todas las fotografias fueron tomadas con mi Huawei P10 / All pictures were taken with my Huawei P10