I know, your already jealous with anticipation. |
Just
like the day before, Wednesday, my phone betrayed my progress at the office. As
I read the text from my wife I knew that it wasn’t going to be an early
evening. In my rush to get out of the apartment in the morning I didn’t notice
the fact that the shower drain was completely blocked and so when my wife got
home, looking forward to a relaxing shower, she found herself in anything but a
relaxing situation as the water level was still a quarter of the way up the
side of the tub. This wasn’t the first time so toward the end of the work day
we agreed to meet out for dinner and I would pick up a couple of bottles of Drano
on my way home.
When
we got home, ceiling still in shambles by the way, I headed to the bathroom,
made a quick and unsuccessful attempt to snake the drain, and poured about half
a bottle of the clog dissolvent in the tub. Per the instructions I waited about
thirty minutes and checked the progress. With the water level unchanged it as
time to escalate the attack so I pulled off the plate below the spout and
attempted to run the snake down the trap. Once again, unsuccessful. Finally, I
poured the other half of the bottle directly down the trap and walked out of
the bathroom to calm my exhausted wife while we waited the thirty additional
minutes. These apartment issues have really been a drain on my patience (embrace
the pun).
Thankfully
this final attempt was indeed successful and we were able to resume with our
usual, but slightly adjusted, evening routine. An hour until midnight and I was
finally sitting down at the computer to get some work done. Not a great end to the
day especially given the number of things on my to do list and the fact that I have
to crawl out of bed and be awake enough to participate in a conference call at
7am. I guess it is a good thing that I am able to function on four hours of
sleep for an entire day. I am sure that skill acquired during college and, more
recently, working the overnight shift will continue to pay dividends.
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