September 27, 2007
One day deep and poetic. The next day impassioned about the most drearily commonplace.
That is what you are all in for. Day in day out, 365 times. Suckers.
So what banality will I beguile you with today? Today’s star:
Yes, that is my toilet. Now you ask me, why am I ecstatic, elated and exultant about a toilet? Easily explained folks: I am not a spring chicken anymore (secret old lady talk for the fact that I need to use the restroom frequently) and my toilet stopped working completely 17 DAYS ago. For those of you wondering, I have had to walk all the way to the barn (in the cold and dark and night and cold and dirt and spiderwebs and gross) at all times of the day night and use the toilet in there:
Before you ask why I, as a renter, allowed this problem to continue for such a prolonged phase please see this entry, then you will understand that I am a few clowns short of a circus and/or I have a full 6-pack, but I lack the plastic thingy to hold it all together.
I gave up trying to work it out/arguing/threatening decided I would pay to have my septic tank emptied myself and try and revive my leach lines. Tonight people, tonight I got to use a restroom located in the same building in which I sleep. This makes it a noteworthy day in my life. Thank you all for staying through this traumatic post. I know it was hard, but I appreciate you.
P.S. Yes, yes I am deducting the bill from the rent. I might be a moron, but I am not an idiot.
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Yay for toilets!
You never know how much you appreciate them until you’re in such a spot.
I can definitely understand why the toilet makes you ecstatic. I can’t even imagine using that ‘barn toilet’ during daylight hours….you are so brave.
Yea for working potties, booooooo for bad landlords. Been there and done that. You are one brave woman for committing daily time to you blog Brava!!
Cindi
Good, I was getting tired of holding it when I came to visit. ; ) lol.
But that yellow potty is so nice looking!
Hooray for working toilets! Now if only you could fit more than one person in a bathroom…
No one even thinks about the wonderfulness of modern plumbing until it isn’t there! I’m not 100% sure that I’d use that barn toilet at any hour of the day! yowsa!
Jessica
No one even thinks about the wonderfulness of modern plumbing until it isn’t there! I’m not 100% sure that I’d use that barn toilet at any hour of the day! yowsa!
Jessica
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That’s just plain crappy (sorry i couldn’t help myself!). When we got our bathroom tiled the tiler disappeared for three days leaving us with a gap where the toilet was meant to be – luckily our neighbours let us borrow theirs when we needed to….