Something to check off of the list... Overflowing toilet.... Definitely not my bucket list....
When it hits the fan and mass hysteria strikes, 9 times out of 10, your kids will be running amuck/fussing/crying and it'll be right before bedtime. True story.
Last night, I had just finished feeding Charlie and came out to find Wyatt running out of the bathroom 'Oh no. Can't go poopy!' What?.... I walked into the kids' bathroom to find the toilet overflowing and filling the bathroom with about an inch of water. Toilet water... Wyatt had apparently already gone to the bathroom and flushed when something clogged and the handle was stuck down causing the bowl to runneth over....
Oh. My. Gravy. Panic sets in knowing that dirty toilet water is filling your bathroom and threatening the hallway. In the meantime, Mr. Charlie wasn't happy when I just plopped him on the living room floor to attend to the mess... Wyatt's crying in concern. Charlie's crying in abandonment. I'm darting around so quickly that I can't even focus my eyes.
8:15 and I sent out approximately 12 SOS calls to the husband. I can handle a lot on my own... But when it came to that moment, I desperately needed another adult to help contain the situation. When Seth called back I think the panic in my voice made it pretty obvious I needed help. STAT!
But go figure, by the time he got home, the bathroom smelled of bleach, Charlie was happily bouncing in the jumper, Wyatt was enjoying a nice little show on TV and I was having a beverage. If only he could've seen the chaos 45 minutes earlier.
So, no worries, friends. Dirty toilet water no longer resides here. For now. And hopefully not ever again.
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