Oh where, oh where can it be?

Water heater shut down sometime Thursday night. Friday's shower was decidedly luke. Pilot light was off; following the instructions for relighting had no effect.

None of the five plumbers operating in the Los Alamos area work on weekends, or holidays. So my calls weren't returned until this morning (Tuesday). And when they called, four of the five gave me lead times of 2-3 weeks on service calls. Apparently there is a drastic shortage of plumbers in this area. The fifth company said they could come out on Thursday morning, but that if it turns out that I need a new water heater rather than some simple fix, it'll be 2-3 weeks before they can do work like that.

Great. So at a minimum I'll have gone for a week without a warm shower. Mike agreed to let me shower over at his place so that I don't have to keep heating water on the stove and giving myself sponge baths. Ugh.