This morning, we awoke to discover that our water heater failed and leaked itself out.  Since we live on the second floor, our neighbor downstairs had to bear the brunt of the leakage.  Apparently it was raining in 3 rooms in her condo this morning.  She was pleasant enough about it, given the circumstances.

All I can say is thank goodness I have today off from work (Yom Kippur) and God bless Sears because they have a 24-hour number you can call to order a new water heater and get it installed on the same day (as long as you call by 12pm). 

So within a few short hours we'll have a new water heater installed.  Now we just have to figure out whose insurance will cover the damage to our neighbor's ceiling...  stay tuned!