things I wasn't planning to do today

1. Replace the waterbed heater. It's been running continuously for 15 years, so maybe it's not surprising that it finally quit. But it was most inconvenient, because the heater is smack-dab center under the liner under the mattress, so there was no way we could just slide it out. I mean, we're talking about a 6'x7' vinyl bag with 200 gallons of water in it. Drain the mattress, remove the old heater, install the new, and refill. We found a couple pens, a stud earring, and various other pointy things under the mattress (but no leaks). Oh, and did I mention that our hot water heater is a standard 40 gallon tank heater? So we had to stop the filling several times, to let it recover. And we're still likely to be sleeping on a cold waterbed tonight, because it takes a while to heat 200 gallons of water.