adventures in homeownership

It all started around 9p.m. last night.  I was getting ready to watch Big Brother and there was a squirrel in the attic or on the roof.  We went to investigate and found toilet paper all over the back yard by the house.  By the drain we thought was for the gutters.  Upon further investigation we realized that it was coming from the inside... from the toilet.  So some internet searches later led us to Roto-Rooter ... someone is going to have to snake the drain.  We have 2 bathrooms so thankfully we didn't have to have them make an emergency call.  This morning I was scheduled to work at 9am, but opted to stay home and help wrangle pets, make decisions, whatever...  I called and was going to go in around 11, whenever the guy got done, but that is for later in the story.  He got out the auger and started drilling, we were thinking it was tree roots, it was not.  It was tampons ... so folks, when they say don't flush those things... they mean it.  I don't feel as bad tho because there are also roots in there from the neighbors (I think they should have to take out their bush if it is affecting our property).  They put some foam down the drain to dissolve the rest of the roots and we can't use any water for 2 hours, this wasn't going to be a problem because I should be at work right now but the second I was walking out the door my boss called to see if I would close instead :(  But I am just walking out the doooooor I said... he didn't seem to care and tricked me / guilt tripped me into closing instead.  So now I have an extra hour to kill which isn't enough time to get much done or go anywhere but enough to ruin my day because I was supposed to be off at 7 and planned to go downtown and eat junk food ...So the moral of the story is, if you would like to keep your $250 put your tampons in the trash and also if you are walking out the door for work and the phone rings... don't answer it.