4 days, 6 trips

It has been a long 4 days here at the Reichard castle. We had to replace our water heater. We were not looking forward to it because we don't plan on being in this mobile home any longer than we have to be and the thought of putting money into a house we aren't staying in just burns me. We bought the water heater and my DH goes about installing it. Well the first day, Sunday he goes to the local hardware store and buys all of the necessary fittings and pipe. he returns home and gets to work only to discover he forgot to buy a piece. Well we live in rural Pa and everything closes around her very early on a Sunday. All of the stores that would carry this item are closed. So day 1 down the drain. Day 2 dawns with about 8 inches of fresh fallen snow. It is Monday and a normal work day for my DH but because of the snow and the fact that the old water heater had fallen through the rotten floor he calls off to work on the Water heater. he goes and buys the missing part assuming that once that is on all will be good and I will be taking a hot shower in under an hour. He installs the piece and can not get the fittings to stop leaking. He takes them back and trades them. That is trip 3 to the hardware store. He comes home and installs the new parts. He gets the water heater to stop leaking in that spot, only for it to begin leaking in another spot. Trip 4 to hardware store to buy plumbers tape and cement. After much work he finally gets all of the pieces to stop leaking. The better part of a day is gone and still no shower. He turns the water on and there is no pressure plus he can hear running water. He climbs under the trailer and there is a geyser under there. One of the pipes has burst. The local hardware store is closed so he must drive a half hour away to buy parts. An hour and a half later he is home with yet more parts. This would be trip 5 to the hardware store. He climbs under the trailer and puts the piece on. He comes in the house around 10 pm to tell me it is still leaking and he has had enough for the day. Dawning of day 3. A work day. He comes home early and starts working on the pipes under the trailer right away. First fitting no good, second fitting still leaks. Goes to hardware store for trip 6. He buys another fitting. He comes home and puts that fitting on and finally gets it to stop leaking. It is after 9pm. My DH wakes up at 4am to go to work so by now he is tired, hungry and frustrated. He comes in and slams his pliers on the table and states he has had enough. The pipes have started leaking in yet another spot. So begins day 4. He is now as I type under the trailer in the cold, rain and dark trying to fix the pipes. He HATES plumbing. He always has, but he sure does after all of this. I am still hoping for that hot shower. The kids have been bathing at my Mother's thank goodness. I hope today ends the saga of the water heater.