Dustin's birthday was celebrated in a very interesting way.
It was 50% terrible and 50% wonderful.
In the morning we all went for a four wheeler ride to the reservoir. The kids love driving up and around the hills with dad. Mark and, I however, just like to watch!Then, dun dun dun...
the bad part of the day started! We noticed that the tub wasn't draining. So Dustin tried unclogging it with a wire hanger, a plunger, fish tape and various other plumbing techniques. A little hair came up but nothing was really working. Then we noticed that water was coming up out from under the toilet! Dustin flushed the toilet and more water filled the tub. Oh uh! Happy Birthday Dustin you get to work on plumbing for your birthday! He made an emergency trip to Ace to get supplies.. no fun birthday gifts.. just a new toilet ring and drain-o!
He put the drain-o down the drain and we went swimming to salvage what was left of his birthday.
Estefan swimming in the flood channel
Dad and Allie
The water was freezing so Estefan was the only one who was crazy enough to swim! But we had lots of fun. Then we came home and cooked hot dogs and worked on the plumbing more!When we got home the drain-o hadn't helped so Dustin called in reinforcements! Brian come over with a toilet snake, some kind of rotter tiller for toilets. They worked on it for hours with no change. So back to the drawing board today. Maybe a new septic tank, maybe a new leach field. I'm not sure but its a pretty poopy deal (pardon the pun!)
We did get to have cake and ice cream though. So happy birthday Dustin. I hope that your day was OK. It could've been better but it could've been worse!
