Adult in Charge Probs

Sometimes it stinks being the adult in charge.

Last Thursday as I left my room, heading to chapel, I heard water falling into the tub in the bathroom Sarah's family uses.
I went in to turn the shower off.
It wasn't the shower.
That meant I have a problem.

I thought "Great, I have a leak in the roof. 
On the positive side, thankfully it is leaking over the tub."
And "In view of all of the flooding in our area, and the losses I know others have faced, this is minor."

I decided to head to chapel and handle the problem later.

At lunch as I shared my morning adventure, I had at least two offers to come look at it. I knew the right thing to do, so I politely told them "No, thank you." It was my problem, not theirs.

After lunch I climbed the pull down stairs to the attic,
army crawled to the area I knew the leak would be
and found dry rafters and insulation.

That identified where the problem was not.

I went to the bedroom that has access to the roof.
I opened my new window so I could climb out and look.
I couldn't figure out my new screens so I couldn't get out.

We have two very different attics-the older one is original-
and it slopes from about four inches high at the edges to about twelve inches at the peak. 
No way I could crawl up there. 
I knew the right thing to do, but didn't want to do it.

I called Jonathan.

His suspicion was that the problem was not the roof, 
he tried to explain to me what he thought it was 
but I didn't understand.
He wanted to come and look at it but already had               obligations that consumed his weekend.

Sunday at lunch Daniel asked if it was fixed.
I told him no. 
He again offered to come and look at it.
He deals with enough problems. 
I again declined his help.

I thought it was the right thing to do.

Today at lunch Joshua asked if it was fixed.
I told him no.
He asked if I wanted him to come look at it this evening.
I hesitated.
I didn't want to add one more thing to his plate either.

Tonight Joshua came to the house.

Within seconds he identified a problem.
I had wondered, but hoped I was wrong.
"See those spores" he said. "That's mold, for sure."

Ugh.

He climbed into the easy access attic.
He confirmed my findings. 
That is not where the problem is.
He poked his head into the opening for the other attic.
We went to the window to look at the roof lines.

I called Jonathan so Joshua could talk to him. Jonathan told him what he thought the problem was. After they finished their discussion Joshua explained it to me. It makes sense.

Joshua climbed into the difficult to access attic to check for water. He didn't find any indication that the water is from the roof which makes Jonathan's theory more likely.

Which means I have another problem.

I have to make a phone call.
The sooner, the better.
I know it is the right thing to do, I just wish I didn't have to do it.

Sometimes it stinks being the adult in charge.