We are going on night 3 of an unusable shower.
After several months, Greg and I finally got tired of taking shaths (the dreaded shower-bath that results from a slow/clogged drain where you are standing in 4 inches of water but actually taking a shower).
Greg tried some draino, but to no avail. Actually, things came to a complete halt. Water no longer draining, and actually coming up from the drain. Not a good sign. This took place on Saturday night.
Night 1 solution: Hope the water is gone in the morning.
Water not gone in the morning. Wash hair in sink. Convince self that yesterday's shower still has 5 more hours before it wears off, enough to get you through church. Double up on deodorant and perfume.
Night 2 solution: Maintenance can't come til Monday. Pack up shampoo and towels and go to the Brandenbergers house to shower. Fresh and clean. Thanks guys!
Night 3 solution: I guess maintenance didn't have time to get to our request. Greg and I take different approaches.
Greg's approach: Pre-soap loofa, hop in shower for no more than 13 seconds, hop out and remove all of the accumulated water by means of bucket and cup. A sink hair-washing is scheduled for the morning.
My approach: Decide my lunch time post-workout shower at our work gym is enough to get me through tomorrow. Do a sink hair-washing and call it good enough.
If maintenance doesn't come tomorrow and you are friends with us...and live within 8 miles of us...and have a working shower...and we are close enough friends to where it is not awkward to come over to shower only...you might be getting a call...don't screen our call.
**Ok, I know this is not actually a big deal. Many people do not even have running water, so this tiny inconvenience is nothing. I just needed something to blog about, and this was the current event in our household.
Um no, this IS a big deal. Extremely blog worthy. ;)
ReplyDeleteUm, this is a VERY big deal. I can't believe how patient you've been!! My gosh! Come over any time. I am in awe of you and your ease at adapting to life's smelly situations :)
ReplyDeleteTroy and I had this happen a month or so ago. But since we own our condo, Troy was "maintenance." He bought a snake at Home Depot and, well... I'll leave out the disgusting details but it's all good now!
ReplyDeleteIf y'all need a place to shower, we have 2 bathrooms and you're more than welcome to come over! I know we don't see each other more than 1-2 times a year, but we have slept in the same bed together, so I'd say that makes us "close enough" friends. ;-)
Oh no! Hope it gets fixed soon!
ReplyDeleteI too, have experienced shaths. Not fun. My grandpa's lake house seems to get this issue occasionally when all the family is down. At his house, in order to avoid taking a shath you must place your big toe at all times on the drain opener button thingy which is on the front of the tub. It's an interesting balancing act.
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