Thursday, March 25, 2010

Water noises

Ok-so I figured what went on here last night was funny and horrible enough to share. We have been in our hotel room in Waegwan for 2 weeks now and we are all ready to move into our new home, especially after last night. Last night was interesting to say the least and hopefully the last time we have to experience low water pressure in this hotel. Finally went to bed, later then normal and it sounds like there is a washing machine or dishwasher going crazy over our room. We couldn't figure it out and I couldn't go to sleep. It is bad enough that our bed is like sleeping on a wooden board!! Anyway, we just figured the hotel was doing a lot of laundry. Then out of no where this rattle like sound starts, which sounded like a pressure cooker going off very loudly. I decided to call the front desk to find out if I can find out what is going on. I have no idea how to even explain what we were hearing in Korean. I got things from the front desk manager as to: washing machines are on the 2nd and 4th floor, we can send someone up to look at your dishwasher in the morning, we have no control over the internet service. Not one of those things came out of my mouth other than to it sounded like a washing machine, an extra large machine at that, so they eventually came up to our room.T By this time it is 2345(11:45) and we told them they had to be quiet. If they had woken up Zane he would have been with them at the front desk!!  We finally learned that another guest had called to complain about the lack of water pressure.  At that time, a light bulb went off in Jim's head as it was explained to us that it is normal for the water pressure on a military installation to get cut off, with the pressure relief valve directly over our room. Hence the comparison to a pressure cooker!! With all the water pooling over our heads it also sounded like someone was sloshing around in the bathtub. I finally feel asleep as I am the one that has a harder time sleeping, Jim has slept through mortar attacks so he can sleep through anything, and Zane starts crying in his sleep. Every time I would fall asleep he would cry, so going to be a long day. When Zane was asked this morning why he was up so much he replied, "the train was loud." He thought there was a train in the room. We are hoping that as we stay here for one more week, that we won't have to go through that again. I might just have to go and buy ear plugs but don't think that will help seeing as the other issue is the fact that the bed is like a board.   Looking back on all that happened it is funny to think about what happened but at the same time I hope to either be asleep before it happens again or just pray it doesn't happen again!!

Love you all,
Liz

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