![]() I have no doubt there was more that they just didn’t see.Īs they men worked we heard random comments like, “Hey! There’s some corn! Bella! Bella! I saw that corn that was in your poop!” and “Wow, that’s a lot of poop and barf!” or “Some of that poop is 17 years old! That’s some old poop!” and finally, “I wonder whose poop that is right there?” The bigger kids got a pen and paper and began making a list of all the “extras” they found inside of the tank… 2 tubes of toothpaste, 3 matchbox cars, a spoon, 1 Little People farmer doll, a toothbrush, a bottle of seasoning, 5 wash cloths, 2 bottles of lotion, a toy phone, an elf sock, ½ of a door knob lock cover, a Lego, a brush, 2 McDonald’s cheeseburger wrappers, 2 small cups, 1 small shoe, the tub drain cover, and a whole roll of toilet paper. As they suctioned out the tank, occasionally they came across something other than poop. “That’s our poop!” said one of the kids with such odd delight. Gasps filled the air as the stench rose to where they were. This was a big day at the Fritz house! They gathered on the back porch above the two men and watched in amazement as they lifted the lid to the tank. ![]() An agonizing hour and a half later, joyous shouts of “They’re here!” rang throughout the house.Īs they unloaded the backhoe and found our septic tank, you would have thought our kids had won the lottery. Kids were glued to the front window, waiting with breathless anticipation while others complained continuously about how much they needed to poop. Our heroes said they would arrive in 30-45 minutes. As soon as kids started waking up we passed on general instructions about peeing but NO POOPING and for the love of all that was holy, no flushing the toilets! The sun must have been in just the right alignment when we gave these instructions because they all listened and no one flushed the toilets! Maybe God was just having pity on us…Īs soon as normal business hours were upon us, I began calling places to find someone to come help us out of this “crappy” situation. We woke up extra early to be up before any kids got up. We knew we had to call in someone to help. And so, at one o’clock in the morning we googled and watched YouTube videos and in general decided we were up the creek. I told Mike what was going on and we realized that nothing was stuck in the toilets, but that our septic tank was indeed the problem. I was horrified! As I plunged the toilet, poop was coming up the bathtub drain and covered the entire bathtub floor. I stepped away from the toilet and glanced to the bathtub. Before long the smell was so intense I thought I might throw up. I looked up again thinking maybe whatever was caught in the toilet was finally going to give way. I looked up and wondered where it was coming from. As I plunged the toilet in our bathroom, I suddenly smelled the stench of poop. It’s never good when you figure out at 1 am that it’s not just a clogged toilet but your septic tank that is giving you trouble. We figured they must have gotten something pretty big stuck in there. Air would bubble up in between and when we took showers, the toilets made gurgling noises. We spent a lot of time through the weekend plunging the toilets to get them to flush. The drains have been running slow and to be honest, if you checked out my last post on Leo and Jake, we assumed it was because they had flushed something down the toilet. I think about how much has gone into that septic tank in the last 17 years and I am amazed that this was the first time we’ve had issues.Īll this changed though this past weekend. It has to be a gift from God that up to this point we haven’t had any problems. While we make our house work for us, the fact of the matter is, this house was not built for this many people nor is the septic tank. We bought land many years ago so that we could build a bigger house and move, but then the housing market crashed and well, here we all are still in this little house. ![]() We never expected to still be living here 17 years later. In fact, we moved in this house just 9 days before our 3 rd was born. We bought our house as a “starter house” when we only had 2 kids and were expecting our 3 rd child. We have lived in our house for the last 17 years without having any septic tank issues. If that’s the case you’ll understand the picture below all too well- Cousin Eddie, outside in his bathrobe, emptying out the good old RV’s porta potty into Clark’s sewer, uttering the lines, “Shitter was full!”Īs funny as it is in the movie, it’s not quite as funny when it happens at home. Maybe you’ve seen Christmas Vacation as many times as we have and can recite the lines by heart. Hopefully you will forgive me for my crudeness…. Ok, so maybe this isn’t the classiest title I have ever come up with, but this isn’t going to be a very classy post as it is about poop. ![]()
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