Monday: TOTAL Plumbing Failure

At 8:01 the owner of LaBonte plumbing began his journey Drennanward.

Sand and...I won't say what else... filled--thank GOD did not overflow---BUT IT WAS PRETTY HORRIFYING THAT IT FILLED--our sink, shower, toilet, everything, when we did a THANK GOD AGAIN TINY TINY load of laundry last night. Had we done a large load of laundry, this whole thing would have flooded our basement and I would be on a plane to South America, because there IS a limit to what I can take. That would've been it.

So how this happened, last night we heard bubbling, ran into the bathroom only to see "the waters rising" and sandy water filling every available plumbing-related item in the bathroom.

Oh, the quantity of bleach that I used thereafter....this is nine oclock at night, when this drama struck.

Remember now: Bill has a CONDITION that I will not even mention that makes it impossible to proceed without frequent use of plumbing. So we are in a jam and a half.

The plumber is coming to pump out the entire tank, with equipment. Oh, Lord, help us.

After I publish this story which will get your Monday off to a Drennanesque start, I'm heading out into the woods with a shovel to create a Robinson Crusoe space for Bill who also feels quite ill, and is nonetheless planning to leave and TEACH today.

I was trying to think how to end this entry. No comment. It's just TOO....NOT funny...