Mothering Many

I don’t think I mentioned it here, but until this past weekend, we’ve been without hot water here for about 2 and a half or three months. Now, I still say that hot water isn’t a necessity, only a convenience, but it sure is nice to just be able to throw the kids in the tub again without planning ahead for an hour to heat enough water to make it bearable for them.

Now, here’s the scarier part. For most of the last week of that time, we were without running water at all, as we tried to install the new water heater. Like, 2 days without, and then a day and a half with and then 3 days without again. Luckily, school was still in session, so it wasn’t as bad as it could have been.

But no running water means no laundry done and no dishes done and limited cooking options. By the time it was over, we had no plates or silverware or pots left, and the laundry pretty much filled the kitchen. Did I mention that 8 people live in this house? Yeah. So, I have been digging out from that disaster all week. I’ve discovered that with this many people, it takes about as long to get out of a mess as it takes to get in one. There’s just so much I can do in any given day, yk?

But tonight, I am pleased to report, I finally reclaimed one side of my kitchen, and got the laundry down to it’s normal confines. And whatever was in there that smelled like poo is finally GONE. I didn’t need any herbal weight loss pills because the stench was enough to keep me from wanting to eat. Apparently, I was the only one who was really offended by it, though, since no one volunteered to take care of it while I was at work. Hahahahahaha. I’m teasing, they all wrinkled their noses up as they walked through, LOL!

I’m still not one hundred percent sure this was the total cause, because I did a lot of scrubbing, but I am going to offer up this one piece of advice: do not let an egg pan soak for longer than 12 hours. Just don’t. If you have one soaking and then can’t wash it, just dump the water out and start over again later. But don’t dump it in the toilet you can’t flush. No, we didn’t do that. But just think of it. Or better yet, don’t.