Babbling Brook Mystery Solved (and repaired!)

It has been a long week, meaning last week that ended yesterday. On Wednesday we woke up to no water, and when my husband went down into the basement to check things out, he found our water booster pumps overheating and smoking. These pumps add pressure so we can actually have force in the water upstairs to enable us to take showers.  He shut the pumps down, and with just a bare trickle in the upstairs bathrooms, we opted to use the lower level shower until we could have things checked out. The next day our water guy shows up, and within minutes he realized the problem was with that little spring of water which had been flowing for nearly two months. His conclusion: the water was actually coming from a break in the pipe going from our well to the house, which means our well was supplying all of that water that has been running constantly down the driveway! The prognosis did not look good. We could have to dig up half of the yard, including the area where we thought the pipe might go under the driveway, to find the source of the leak. We called two neighbors to ask for advice on who they would recommend, left a message for one, then spoke to the second, who suggested his cousin who was an excavator. Within an hour we had set up a meeting for the next morning, the second neighbor stopped by to check things out and offer assistance, and the other neighbor followed shortly behind to see what he could do. Its amazing what these people do to help one another, and how grateful we are for knowing them. They are an unending source of information and support. We are so very lucky. The next day the crew arrives, the hole is found rather easily and repaired quickly, the dirt is replaced, and we have our water back and running. The booster pumps still need some kind of tweaking, but the pressure is strong enough to enable showers upstairs, and things looked solved. I had been up Friday morning at 3:30am to get to work by 5:15am for our semi-annual store inventory, I was tired and exhausted by the time I got home that afternoon, but we picked up a bottle of wine to take to the neighbors' to thank them for their help. That turned into hanging over there for 3 hours, eating crackers and cheese, then steaks on the grill, and having the best time, and a most special end to a rather challenging week. Okay, the week didn't really completely end on such a high note. Last night, Saturday, still this same week, I went to do the dishes after supper, and SURPRISE! NO HOT WATER! I guess this will be chapter 2-to be continued this week...