Today started out pretty much like every other Sunday. Dave and I ate breakfast at the local café we visit every week. He decided to go fishing with his friend, so after we ate I went and ran some errands. I came home, did some yoga, watched some TV and relaxed.

Then I decided to do some of the laundry that has been piling up. I went upstairs and separated some of the clothes and brought them downstairs to throw into the washing machine. While the laundry was going, I sat down and started playing on facebook. A few minutes later, I heard water running as if a sink was on full blast. I got up to check what the hell was going on and saw water all over the floor, coming from the downstairs bathroom. Not just water. Water and poop. The toilet was overflowing, and super fast.

I ran to the washing machine and shut it off. The overflowing stopped. I was ankle deep in shitty water.
I called Dave. The conversation went something like this…

Dave: Hel-
Me: YOU NEED TO COME HOME RIGHT NOW!!!! I DID A LOAD OF LAUNDRY AND NOW THERE’S SHIT ALL OVER THE FLOOR AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND IT SMELLS AND *sob* WHAT SHOULD I DO I’M AFRAID TO TURN ON THE WATER BECAUSE WHAT IF IT STARTS OVERFLOWING AGAIN!!! *sobs*

Dave: Ok, calm down. We are still on the water. And we are kind of stuck here for awhile.

Me: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE STUCK? DO YOU REALIZE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.?!? SHIT WATER, DAVE!!! SHIT WATER!!

I hung up the phone and went to my computer. I googled “Did a load of laundry and now my toilet is overflowing” (I wish I was kidding people). I found out that the reason for the overflow was probably that the sewer pipe was clogged.

Dave called me back telling me he was on the way home. Thank god. I needed help!

I hung up and Googled “24 hour plumber”. I called the first number that I found in the area. To my surprise, they were super on the ball saying they’d have someone come out within the hour.

Ok, so now I have to clean this mess. The downstairs bathroom luckily is right by the front door. I went upstairs and grabbed every dirty towel that I was going to wash today and a mop from the closet. I began mopping up the stuff on the floor to the outside, trying my hardest to not take deep breaths.

THE SMELL. GOD, THE SMELL WAS TERRIBLE. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t look down. Wait, did I just see dental floss?? Seriously?! OMGGGGG I CAN’T!! But I had to. Okay, focus. You can do this Barbara.

YOU DO THIS!!! YOU ARE BARBARA MOTHER F-ING DILISIO AND YOU CAN CLEAN THIS MESS!! OH GOD I JUST GOT SOME OF IT ON MY FOOT. SOMEONE HELP MEEEEE!

I grabbed cleanser and threw it all over the bathroom and hallway floor to try and kill the smell (and attempt to clean). I soaked through 4 towels, along with the welcome mat by the front and the mat in the bathroom. I threw them all outside. Without tossing my cookies, I managed to get it fairly clean.

About 5 minutes after the cleaning was done, Dave came home (great timing, huh?). A few minutes after that, the plumber was there. $170 later, he confirmed that the sewer pipe was, in fact, clogged. Not only was it clogged but there were tree roots growing in it. GREAT! He did something to unclog it soon the water in the toilet started going down.

I will be forever grateful for that plumber. Yes it cost $170, but within a few hours the problem was fixed. Seriously great service from that company. I know the last thing I would want to do on a Sunday afternoon would be unclogging a sewer pipe. Thank you About Time Plumbing for keeping my sanity.

Worst Sunday ever. I sincerely hope that your day was better than mine.

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