2 plungers and a plumber

Today I had to do something that I've never done before...call a plumber and completely handle the situation on my own. Although I did call WS 3 times to get advice. It's a good thing that he can take calls at work now. I love it! At his last job he was always too busy to take my calls. Now, he answers the phone and can talk to me in a leisurely manner. I love it!

Today was our first day of heavy packing at home. So, I was really trying to focus on that, but I had another situation arise. This morning I noticed that the guest bathroom toilet level was really low, but I didn't really think anything of it. However, when E used the bathroom this morning, it became really backed up! Nothing would go down. I tried plunging it with our plunger. I've plunged many times before and have always been successful. This time, it did absolutely NOTHING! I kept trying to plunge it and the water was not going anywhere. I tried flushing it again and it almost overflowed. It was a pretty gross situation. I even went out to the hardware store to buy a new plunger, I thought that a new one would do the trick. The new one did nothing as well. I could definitely feel it pushing the water down, but it just didn't go anywhere. Finally I realized that I would have to call a plumber and deal with the situation on my own.

I tried calling the plumber that WS has always used, but there was no answer. I decided to take things into my own hands. I looked on yelp.com and found a really highly rated plumber in our area. He came over in about 30 mins. Our problem was solved in about 45 minutes total. He really had to snake it for quite a while to fix the problem. I don't think that I could have done anything more with my plungers. I always thought that plungers could fix all toilet problems. I was wrong.

Lesson learned from this..."flushable" toddler wipes are not really flushable. Although it could take awhile for them to cause a problem, they eventually will. It's too bad. I really like the idea of being able to flush a wipe, but I don't want this to happen again.

We did manage to pack a few boxes while this fiasco was happening. We have so much stuff! I don't know how people with regular sized houses move! This is such a large task and we have a relatively small place. Not much fun. But, there are only about 10 days left until we see WS again!