The Sprinkler System

Well, although automatic sprinkler system clocks seem like heaven, it still helps to be smarter than the manual.  The older we get, it seems the less likely that is to happen.

Two years ago, during the huge drought and high heat, we spent some time at the cabin.  Susan, our neighbor, told us our grass was looking awesome.  We were not sure why until we figured out the clock was programmed to water twice a day.  Over $600 later, Don thought he had learned how not to make that expensive water mistake again.

Last week when we were at the cabin, Susan again discovered that we were watering twice a day.  Well phooey.  How can that be?  We had it fixed.

Wednesday, Don pulled out the clock guide and assured me that he had definitively gotten the clock programmed correctly.  Definitively.

This morning, Thursday, we pulled out of the garage, and immediately Don's expression (both facial and verbal) told me something was wrong.  "The sprinklers should not be running . . . And they are," he said.  Oh great.  We are leaving for two weeks and the sprinklers will be operating twice a day again.

Not to worry.  At least I hope not.  He has definitively, absolutely positively programmed the clock correctly.

I sincerely hope so!