This month's unanticipated expense

I finally caved and called a plumber to come Friday: the bathroom sink had not been draining properly for a while (read: was almost completely clogged), and my best efforts to get the widget off the pipe so I could drain and snake the pipes under the sink had unfortunately been unsuccessful. Plus the toilet wasn't flushing properly. It worked, but it needed more attention than one would like to have to give, ideally. So the plumbers came and did, and now the toilet flushes properly (aren't you happy to hear that?), though with a sound completely different than the old sound, that I'm still getting used to (and a different style handle, too). And I now believe that there may be some sort of monster living in the pipes under the sink, vacuuming down the draining water, it goes down so quickly. I hadn't realized how much happier this would make me...

(annoyed that the first post, which was, of course, ever so much more cleverly written, got et by the LJ gremlins, but otherwise glad about this improvement)

Another summer weekend

( Shabbat, dinner )

( Sunday's rampant consumerism )