We’ve had a lot of plumbing work done, so we thought it was odd but possibly normal that taking a shower caused the toilet to bubble. Actually to me it sounded like there was something wrong with the venting of the drains, something I never had thought of before. Maybe this had something to do with the slow-draining bathroom sink that I’d been fighting with for a couple of years. Well, yesterday the toilet almost overflowed after I took a shower and flushed the toilet. Today it actually did overflow. Not the kind of surprise you need in the morning. The contractor and the plumber were over, trying to figure out what was going on. They even had a drain specialist come out with his high tech cameras and the snaked all the vents. Turns out the sewer line was partially occluded and that may even have been the problem with the sink.

So you can guess what the drain was plugged with. I’m not sure how you’re supposed to deal with that. Maybe eat LESS fiber so my poo is small and marble-like and just rolls down the sewer line? I’d rather not think about it. In fact, I have three different snakes of my own and I know why I’d pay a guy hundreds of dollars to do it for me. A couple of weekends ago I had to snake out the drain from the gutters and that was bad enough. Snaking out the toilet drain is something I have to convince myself to do over a period of days, and then afterward there are times I have to wash my hands until they’re raw because they still smell funny.

Really, I like having a job and I like paying other people to do the things that I’m too lazy to do. That’s what keeps the economy going. I learned that in high school Social Studies and there’s even a stupid song that’s stuck in my head now that I said that. “The people who live on Market Stre-e-e-eet.” Ugh. Now I have to listen to something else to get that out of my head. ELO? Fleetwood Mac? Curse you VH1 and the ideas you put in my head!