A Christmas Miracle

I think you will all be happy to know I survived a near death experience when my house almost exploded into a fireball of gas. My landlord, the handy man he is, decided to get a new hot water heater. After about 5 months he thought, hey we don't like in 1902 where we shower outside with there is fresh rain. And since we have indoor plumbing, maybe it would be cool if there was a choice between hot and cold water. While I was at church he replaced the hot water heater all by himself. When I got home I opened the door just to get knocked in the face with the smell of gas. I was talking to my on the phone and told her, so she in the calm motherly charm said "get out now, it is probably going to blow and you'll die, hang up, don't turn lights on" So I did what anyone would do, instead of grabbing my own phone book I drove to Fred Meyers to use their phone book and call in the gas emergency. The gas man came and sure enough a gaseous leak. There is a law in Idaho that says you shouldn't replace a heater without notifying the Gas Company. (Because people like my landlord will kill their tenants). Come to find out it was a faulty heater, so for our safety all water was shut off to our house. PERFECT, I didn't want to go to the bathroom indoors either!