Roto-Rooter to the rescue

Last Monday night I needed to do a load of whites because we were quickly running out of burp rags. In goes the load. We settled in to feed the baby and watch a little TV. Suddenly the toilet starts making strange bubbling noises. We weren't really sure what the deal was. I casually mentioned to Bob that he may want to go check the drain next to the washer in case of "flooding". In he goes, and out he comes with a frown and a grumble. Next he checked the shower. Sure enough, water was coming up through the shower too. Great! How much fun is this going to be? He got everything cleaned up and called to leave a message for Roto-Rooter.

The next morning I got a call from the company. "Um, can it wait until tomorrow?" Uh, yeah, I guess. I was pretty much caught up on laundry and we don't HAVE to run the dishwasher on Tuesday...So sometime between 9:00-11:00 on Wednesday a guy was going to come by and check things out. I rushed home from choir practice so that by some off chance he happened to show up at 9:00 I wouldn't miss him.

He got here at 10:00. Started checking things out. Apparently we don't have a "clean out" valve or something so he was going to try a roof vent snake. Um, okay. Amazingly enough Etta slept through the ladder being slammed against the roof - right outside of her window - and the whole snake contraption being run - right outside of her window. What finally woke her up? When they STOPPED to come in to tell me that that wasn't going to work and that they were going to have to take the toilet off...

So after two and a half hours...all in all the guy was super nice, worked as fast as he possibly could, and cleaned up after himself. The whole situation could have been MUCH worse. We were actually truly blessed with the entire situation.

Enjoy a few shots from our adventure of the week...