Huh. More than two days of snow (followed by a week of gross slush). In Vancouver. How crazy is that?
Saturday night, I went to take Justice for her evening pee. Got outside, saw that there was another 6 inches of snow since the last time I’d peered outside, and stuck my head back inside to tell Nick he should come to the park with us so we could run around like idiots.
So off we went. Still didn’t bring the camera — but we’ve agreed that our next excursion will be camera-enabled. Dog is freaking hilarious in snow. Justice’s new snow game: Untying Nick’s shoelaces. She’s pretty good at it.
But that’s not the point of this post. The point of this post is as follows: I’m pretty sure all this snow is Nature’s way of punishing me for not finishing my christmas shopping yet. I had THREE more presents I needed to buy, but had to go out to EA’s Burnaby location to pick them up since the selection at Nick’s downtown office kind of sucks. Transit to EA Burnaby is pretty ugly, especially since I have to go on my lunch break — there’s no way I’d be back in a reasonable amount of time. And there’s no way in hell I’m driving in this crap, so …
Shit. Well, the games still need to be bought. So that’ll be full price then. Man, that really cuts into that unexpected Christmas bonus I got.
Also cutting into unexpected Christmas bonus: The drain in the bathtub decided to … not drain. Seems to defeat the purpose a little. After attempting to clear the clog with the powers of “removing gunk by hand”, plunging, chemicals, and an auger made from a coathanger, we now have a bathtub with two inches of dingy, chemical-laden water. So… anybody got the name of a good plumber who’s available on short notice two days before Christmas? I’d really like to shower.
The joys of home ownership. And I don’t even own the place! But Nick does, and it’s probably my hair that clogged the damn thing to begin with, so … yeah, I should probably help pay. Curses.
Update: Woo! The bathtub is now clearing! I guess instead of “let sit for 15 minutes” they really meant “let sit for 15 hours.” It’s gone from completely stopped to flowing perfectly. Excellent.
Methinks I’m going to buy a drain trap and be damned with that awful built in plug thing that lets all sorts of detritus down the drain. And maybe one more bottle of crazy, crazy chemicals just to be sure everything is gone. I like showering. It makes me feel clean.
Buy a long plumbing snake. You can probably get one fairly cheap at Army and Navy, Rona, or Homo Despot. Very easy to use, and if it happens again, you already have the tool. Plumbers are super arfing expensive!
Famous plumbing moment from our house: “Honey?” “What?” “The toilet… I think it’s set on ‘stun’.”
To keep it from blocking up again, and incidentally keep nasty chemicals out of our water :), put a cup of baking soda and a cup of vinegar down the drain, let it bubble for a couple minutes, and then pour a few litres of boiling water down after it.
It probably wouldn’t unblock what you had, but it’s an awesome way to keep your drains clean.