Now, I'm sure...

...that when most people say, "I've had a shitty week", they're speaking metaphorically.

I, however, have the distinction, of being able to use that sentence, in a very literal way this past week.

I took a very long, very hot shower, for about 40 minutes on Tuesday night.

At 10 PM, Doug goes down to the basement, where his throne room is set up, immediately comes back upstairs, curious as to why there is water in the basement, out past the couches.

This baffles me as well, especially considering, I was half asleep.

Turns out, it was not the washing machine, or the utility sink. There was a nice big clog, in the main line, causing the..... (I'm building up the suspense here, LOL)....

...toilet in the basement, to, quite literally, explode, with all the water from my long, hot, shower, all over the floor, along with all the waste, from the previous day's, toilet flushes.

For the next day, there were no safe drains, no flushing of toilets, no washing of dishes.

There were, however, turds that had to scooped out of the 1-2 inches of water (the floor on 2/3 of the basement is concrete, and about 100 years old, so not completely level), with the pool skimmer.

Renting the snake, was yet another learning experience. I have an old home. The first house we purchased was another older home, which we rennovated. I'm a rather handy gal, if I do say so myself. So, I walk into the local Home Depot, and tell them I need to rent the longest snake they have. Howdy Doody, tells me, "We have a 75-footer".

I then tell him, I'm going to check elsewhere, I need a 100 foot snake, it's a main line clog.

Him: "We've got a hundred footer (I loathe that word, footer, BTW), if that's what you're looking for.

No. Really, I just wanted to quiz you?

He then proceeds to ask me, "What kind of car are you driving?"

I tell him, I have the Machine of Evil parked outside, and it's a minivan.

He then points to my neice and nephew, who I had with me, and says...."Okay, because you know you can't leave them here, right?"

Seriously?

Is this a question that actually needs to be answered?

"Really? I thought this was more of a 'swap out' kind of place, as opposed to a tool rental. I leave you the kids, take the machine, and when I'm done, I just bring it back, and you give me the kids. No?"

After all of this, I pull the van around to the front, where he argues with me, about my ability to lift the snake into the van. I'm 5'10". I'm not a tiny person. Finally, I just shut up, and backed away, whereupon, he proceeded to almost drop it on his foot, LOL. I just looked at him, and said "You know, it's not going to carry itself out of my car, up my front porch steps, and down into my basement. Eventually, I will be picking the thing up. Perhaps now would be a good time for me to start?"

He graciously allowed me to help him.

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