Well, just about everything in my house runneth over lately. I missed a couple of days writing because things got a little chaotic around the ole homestead. Oh, the kitchen pipe is fixed, but...
Imagine working 13 days straight, trying to navigate the whole parenting thing, groceries, bills, cooking, cleaning, blah, blah, blah. And then get to sit down on the couch with your feet up one evening in your comfy robe in front of a funny, simple movie...fire blazing in the fire place. Ahhhh, finally some time to relax.
"MMMMMOOOOMMMM, Heeellllpppppp! Mom, come here! Mom....Mommmmm...MOOMMMMMMMMM!"
I jumped up and ran down the hallway towards my son's voice. As I approached the bathroom where he stood hollering, I could see the stream of water quickly gushing down the hallway into the kitchen and towards the dining room at record pace. I threw off my robe, ran into the bathroom and tried to plunge the running toilet. Luckily, nothing was floating in the water. Thank God! I quickly realized that plunging wasn't working, so I turned the water off at the base of the toilet.
After the kids, including my son's girl friend, threw towels on the floor to soak up the water, we all made the long trek to the basement with loads of wet towels to be washed. Upon returning upstairs, before we set to mopping the floor and cleaning various items that got caught by the flood, I realized that my son needed to learn something.
Ironically, after blogging about feeling stupid about learning how to use social media, imagine how my son felt when I showed him that next time this happens, just turn off the damn water. It suddenly occurred to me that kids are very educated when it comes to technology, but if the toilet over flows they still call for mom. Something is just not right. As my son retorted, "Well, Mom, this has just never happened before." And he was right, but it made me realize how much I may have missed teaching him in the process. Simple stuff...things he'll need to know in life when he can't call, "MMMMMOOOOOMMMMM!"
Now, as for things running over...I better go check that load of heavy wet towels in the washer. With my luck...
"MMMMMOOOOMMMM, Heeellllpppppp! Mom, come here! Mom....Mommmmm...MOOMMMMMMMMM!"
I jumped up and ran down the hallway towards my son's voice. As I approached the bathroom where he stood hollering, I could see the stream of water quickly gushing down the hallway into the kitchen and towards the dining room at record pace. I threw off my robe, ran into the bathroom and tried to plunge the running toilet. Luckily, nothing was floating in the water. Thank God! I quickly realized that plunging wasn't working, so I turned the water off at the base of the toilet.
After the kids, including my son's girl friend, threw towels on the floor to soak up the water, we all made the long trek to the basement with loads of wet towels to be washed. Upon returning upstairs, before we set to mopping the floor and cleaning various items that got caught by the flood, I realized that my son needed to learn something.
Ironically, after blogging about feeling stupid about learning how to use social media, imagine how my son felt when I showed him that next time this happens, just turn off the damn water. It suddenly occurred to me that kids are very educated when it comes to technology, but if the toilet over flows they still call for mom. Something is just not right. As my son retorted, "Well, Mom, this has just never happened before." And he was right, but it made me realize how much I may have missed teaching him in the process. Simple stuff...things he'll need to know in life when he can't call, "MMMMMOOOOOMMMMM!"
Now, as for things running over...I better go check that load of heavy wet towels in the washer. With my luck...
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