And Still It Lingers ...

So, we thought we were all done with our Christmas decorations.  We were slow taking them down, but they finally came down, for the most part, in late January, except for a stake in our front yard that was frozen in the ground. That had to wait until it warmed up enough to be able to get it out of the ground. But finally, in March we were able to get the pipe out of the ground.  Then we thought we were done.  But then, as May arrived and it was time to start thinking about summer, we called to have the sprinkler system turned back on.  As part of that they always test the system and make any repairs that are needed.  We had two sprinkler heads that were serviced but there was another repair that had to be done, a little out of the ordinary.  Out in the front yard they had to replace a small piece of pipe, buried in the ground.  The repair ticket said, "Fixed leak in front yard that looks to have had a stake pounded through it."  Guess we didn't pick the best place to put the light up back in December when we were doing the decorating.  But now we have a better idea of where the line runs so with a little luck we can miss it from now on.  Such is life; live and learn.