Shit

Literally. As in gallons and gallons of it.

The sewer backed up into our shower downstairs yesterday evening. We didn't catch it until almost the entire downstairs was flooded with shitty sewer water. An emergency call to a plumber at 9:00 last night and $300 later yielded us a giant wad of tree roots that had lodged itself into our main water line.

When we bought this house, we thought it a little odd that the sellers had not carpeted the downstairs - it was all linoleum - despite the fact that the downstairs is a fully finished apartment. Now it all makes sense. I bet they had this same exact problem from time to time. Unfortunately, we did not know this and spent a good chunk of money having carpet installed throughout the downstairs shortly after we moved in. The carpet is now completely detroyed, and most likely toxic. So now I have to find someone to come out and rip out all the carpeting and hall it away.

I have this strange feeling that the gods are toying with us.