Glug glug glug. A pool of water sits in the sink…ever so S L
O W L Y seeping down the drain. I pull the drain stopper up and place it…all
covered in gray goo…on the counter. Ugh!
Luckily the drain stopper isn’t attached inside the drain, making it easier for
me to see down the dark hole. My face wrinkles in disgust. Gross.
Seriously nasty! There’s a large clump of sludge blocking the drain.
Let me have a minute here to be a bit grossed out. EWWWWW!
*shudder* shudder*
Sigh. Okay. I can handle this. My husband, the resident
plumber, is at his day job today. He’s
working so many hours that he’s barely ever at home. By the time he has time to unclog the drain
it’ll probably be worse…overflowing onto the floor…if my littles have anything
to do about it.
Suck it up and do it, I tell myself. I need something to dig the creeping crud out
of the drain. After a second I decide to
get out a screw driver. I grab a container
of disinfecting wipes too. This junk is
SOO disgusting…
I use the wipes to clean the gray sludge off from the drain
stopper, my nose wrinkled in complete disgust the entire time. I can’t help it.
It’s involuntary. *shudder* I set the stopper on the counter again…as clean as
it can get for now. Maybe I should boil
it…haha.
I begin digging at the clump in the drain with the screw
driver. Slowly I get small chunk up and
out and onto disinfecting wipes. I
carefully wrap it inside the wipe and place it in the trash. I dig up some more.
You know. This drain
wouldn’t be this bad if it wasn’t for the fact that I have so stinking much
hair on my head. I swear I lose tons of
hair. I even try to be so careful to
make sure that my hair is taken OUT of the sink and put INTO the trash
can. But NO! Somehow it still makes its
way into the deep dark abyss of the plumbing. This isn’t the first drain I’ve
clogged with my hair. And it probably
won’t be the last. Maybe I should go
BALD….no…Todd wouldn’t like that.
I finally get as much of the clump of goo as I possibly can
scraped out of the sink drain. Then I wipe the drain out with a few wipes…for
good measure. At least it will be
clean-er… for just a few minutes. I can
stop having the heeby geebies over it. Ick!
I place the drain stopper back into the drain and run the
water. The water flows freely again. Yay! Success!
I fixed it! I feel so…accomplished.
It’s a great feeling when I can fix things for myself and my family. It makes me feel like a very independent
woman…even if for just a few short minutes.
And I helped relieve some of the burden normally placed on my exhausted
husband. Now THIS is how to see the best
in CRAP!
