A few posts back, I threatened to quit writing because 'my life was so mundane'. The Gods must have been listening because life has kind of exploded since then. Mostly in a good way, but sometimes not so great.
Yesterday Anton and Graeme were here. Kerry dropped in to pick up Emma. In other words the house was pretty full. Somewhere in there Levi came over for a few hours. I love that.
But after Kerry, and Graeme and Anton left, Monte headed into the main bathroom and let out a holler. There was water, and I mean serious water all over the floor and the toilet was right full. The only reason it didn't run down the hallway to the rest of the house is because there is a pretty high lip of a threshold strip in the doorway.
And then, when I tried plunging the damn toilet something broke. The water didn't drain at all but it started to pump out, fast, from under the toilet at the floor. As fast as possible I shut the water off behind the toilet. OMG!!! The water!!! And it soaked through to the basement of course. My poor ceiling isn't actually bulging but boy is it ever stained...hugely. I am going to have to solicit Arnie's and Bradly's sage advice on what paint to use to cover that mess up.
I put in an emergency call to Myles (he's a plumber). He gave me a pretty good idea of whats wrong, how it got there and who to call. Thank goodness! So Roto Rooter is about to ring my door bell. And we shan't be buying Charmin anymore. Apparently charmin plugs toilets. Sigh. I will have to buy the thin stuff from now on. (shovel list)
Well I went to the movie "Elle" with Anton. It sucked. I only gave it a four. I am not necessarily a prude but I don't like movies about rape, sadism and old women chasing young guys. Not my thing. What was interesting is that the movie was in French with English subtitles. And I was amazed by how much I actually didn't have to read the subtitles...I understood so much of the French. And seriously mostly my French is from the back of vegetable cans. Hmmm...maybe that was part of why the movie was so bad.
I was supposed to go to another film fest movie I, Daniel somethingorother yesterday with Anton but I got awful twisty stomach cramps and had to stay home. That movie got a fifteen....yes FIFTEEN!!!! minute standing ovation at the Cannes Festival. I wanted to see a movie that would elicit that!!! But, alas I just didn't feel well at all. Today is somewhat better.
Haha! I got a phone call about an hour ago from Rotorooter. The dispatch lady told me that they would be at my door shortly. So I tore around and picked up a few things and made a fresh pot of coffee to cover the smell of garbage in my kitchen...which I can't seem to track down. But... rr (abbreviated for easyness) didn't show up.
And a couple minutes ago another phone call, from Roy from rr. He was asking me where 870 Regent Cr. was, he couldn't find it. Well thats the correct address I responded. And then he said well I put that into the GPS and added Cobble Hill for good measure and it was just coming up blank. Cobble Hill??? What??? I laughed and said well I am in Kamloops! So he was going to let dispatch know and give them a good tongue lashing! So now I am waiting for another phone call! Oh and my kitchen smells like eau d' garbage again. Sigh.
Well right now at this moment I am totally enjoying Monte. He has come out of his room, sitting in my other comfy chair here in the kitchen and is playing his old music, the stuff he first did five years ago in Port Alberni. Its so awesome, in some ways I almost prefer it to his more advanced and incredible stuff he does now. Its a sure walk down memory lane which we both are enjoying immensely. Gotta bounce! TTYL
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