Mom's plumbing adventure during a week without Daddy

Daddy started his new job and it involved him traveling all week. We missed him, but we managed our own adventures. The girls were both sick with colds, manifesting as croup for Samantha while Sofia struggled with a fever. Sofia seemingly embraced her age (read: terrible twos) this week, but I think it was really that she felt horrible. There was a lot of crying and frustration on her part until the prescription drugs from our visit to the doctor kicked in.

Samantha was a champ and loved the extra time with her Grammy and Papa this week. Grammy took her to ballet and Papa took the girls after swimming, so I could attend a parent information night for Kindergartners. (Wow, I can't believe Sam's ready for school in the fall!)

In a nutshell, we were struggling but it wasn't too bad and we were getting by. Then I took a shower and the water didn't go down the drain. I had to leave right away to pick up the girls and then it was swimming and then the school thing, so I didn't get back home for a few hours. By then there was a leak in the living room ceiling. Papa tried to help with the shower drain, but ended up leaving after Sam went to bed. Sofie has been especially energetic this week and now takes longer to go to sleep, so it was another hour before she went to bed.

I called a plumber who told me I needed to cut the ceiling to drain the water so he could determine the type of leak. All sorts of panicky thoughts went through my mind and eventually I remembered that God has never given me more than I could handle, so I made the hole and drained the water. All by myself! The hole kept growing until I called my mom to talk about my latest adventure. And the leak stopped! Did I mention I handled it all by myself?!? Behold my hole... The plumber came the next morning and stayed the entire day. As of now, we have six holes in our ceilings and walls. The frozen pipe that started the issue is thawed, but we still need the shower drain replaced and the various holes repaired. Daddy made it into the "Husband Hall of Fame" by telling me that he was proud of me for handling it and doing what needed to be done.



One thing I hope my girls learn is to view any new experience as an adventure. Yesterday while helping the plumber, I got to use a drain snake and I got to break holes in the wall. I've never done that before, so it was an adventure. I may not have preferred to have the leak in the first place, but I learned a lot yesterday so in a sense, it was fun!


On a side note, tonight Sam fell asleep on my shoulder while I read to her. What a wonderful feeling. I'm very happy to be a mother to my girls.