Why is it that things always break at the most inopportune time? Take for instance, about a month ago, my entire family came to see me, so I had about 6 extra people staying in my home.
I live in a 3-bedroom house, so there was plenty of room for all of us.
We had my 2 nieces here and they slept on a queen-size blow-up bed. They had never slept on a blow-up bed before, and they loved every minute of it. Anyway, while my family was here, we had a bit of a hiccup. The toilet in the ½ bathroom on the bottom floor decided to break. The flapper broke off from the chain, so the water inside the tank kept running. Thankfully, my dad was able to provide a temporary fix until I could get a hold of a plumber. My dad offered to fix it, but I insisted on just hiring the plumber to do the work. The last thing I wanted my dad to do was to fix my broken toilet while he was on vacation. Anyway, I was able to contact a plumbing service the same morning the flapper broke and by 12:00 p.m. that day, the plumber was at my house. And in less than an hour, the flapper was fixed. I paid the plumber and gave him a tip – it was money well spent to avoid further aggravation. Happy to report the broken flapper was the only thing that went wrong that week, and my family had a great time while they were here.