The Spring Break Plumbing Saga

This past week was Olivia's spring break from school. I had several fun activities planned.....$1 day at the movie theater, picnics in the park, storytime at the library. Unfortunately none of that happened. LAST MONTH we contacted our property management company because there was a leak under the sink in the half bathroom off the laundry room. The property management company sent over a plumber. They replaced the pipes in the bathroom fixing the leak. While they were here I asked that they also take a look at the shower in the master bathroom, it had been draining slowly despite my go-to fix of a bottle of draino. The plumber assured me that we had the cleanest drain ever and that it was slow because when the house was built the extra grout had been poured down the shower drain instead of being disposed of properly. This discovery prompted the plumber to take a good look under the house. The plumber discovered a serious leak that had been going on for several years. We were told we should stop using the shower and that the tile would need to be completely ripped out and then the pipes all replaced. This was on March 25. It took the property management company several weeks to get approval for the repair and that approval only came when we contacted the owner directly. The owner had no idea about the shower, he was never contacted by the property management company. I was told the repair would take 1 day. It was scheduled for the day before we left for our Outer Banks trip. That 1 day job has now become a 6+ day job and it's STILL NOT FINISHED. We still cannot use the shower. Not using the shower has not been a huge inconvenience, just annoying. But having to spend the entire week stuck here at home waiting for this work to be done has been a huge inconvenience! The first part of the week was rainy so we couldn't even go outside.

They assured me that they should be finished by 9am on Monday morning and then things will have to dry and maybe we'll be able to use the shower by Wednesday!

Here are a few pictures from our home-bound spring break....


We discovered that Olivia is a big Dancing with the Stars fan

We did escape briefly for the monthly Special Needs Night at Monkey Joe's

Look at my little guy bouncing with all the big kids. Makes me so nervous but he seems to be holding his own just fine.

We made cupcakes.

Someone insisted on wearing shades.