Today

Today,  I took the girls to school at 8.

I got a call to go get MC at 9.

Plumber came at 10.

Mel nearly fainted at 1.

My straw busted through the bottom of my Sonic cup around 3.  In the car.

I noticed my tire was flat at 6.

MC is fine.  Right now as I sit to take in exactly what our plumber explained, and hoping I’m being punk’d, she’s “crazy dancing” in front of the television watching Yo Gabba Gabba.  She took a two hour nap and after a good bit of one-on-one mommy time, she’s fine.  The house, not so much.  My tire, not so much.

After finding 6 inches of water sitting under the back half of the house, the plumber further explained that our entire plumbing system needs to be replaced.   In fact, he mentioned seeing “rice” under the house.

That’s odd.

“Well, I did just use the disposal to rid of a bit of spaghetti noodles.”

Yes, I know. Pretty gross.

Oh, and the tub is about fall through the house.

And the 6 inches of water sitting under the house?  Yup, it’s dishwasher junk, garbage disposal junk, tub water, washing machine water all rolled into one.  The only pipe that actually works is the one coming from the toilet.  Can that be a silver lining?

The bathroom needs to be ripped out and replaced.  The bathroom.  The one and only bathroom in my sweet little 80-year-old Creek House.

This is about the time where Mel nearly fainted.

That was yesterday.

And this morning.  After yesterday’s chaos,  guess what?  McCanless rolled down the car window just before walking into school.  It stuck.  All the way down.  It won’t budge.  At all.  So, it’s November and I have a window down.

Lovely.

I’m definitely buying a lottery ticket this time.

REVISED November 4:  You know that window I mentioned?  The one that’s stuck down?

It rained last night.

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