A Potty that Squirts You Back!

This is a pretty funny story.  After going to the doctor's office for Aramis' 4 month check, we came home to have lunch and take naps.  When the boys were finally asleep, I laid down as well.  It's not often that a mommy can get both boys asleep at the same time.  So I decided to take advantage of te situation and catch up on my sleep.

Of course, right when I'm drifting off, Nick calls.  Nice.  But, I'm not really hearing much of what he is saying because all of a sudden my toilet starts running, very loudly, like I can hear it through the wall in my room.  So I go in the bathroom to check it out, and the toilet is blowing air.  I tell Nick, and of course he thinks I am crazy.  It starts getting louder and more bubbly, so I close the toilet lid and run to see if anything is going on outside.

And then the smell.  Oh man, it smelled like rotting broccoli mixed with poopies and vomit.  I about died.  I rushed around to open all the windows and turn on all the fans, and then took off down the street because I saw a plumbers truck parked in someone's driveway.

After about 10 minutes of circling the house and knocking on the door, the plumber finally came up out of the basement.  I asked if he was connected to the water main because my toilet was spewing nastiness.  He said no, but that the city was probably just jetting the sewers and it was degassing through our pipes.  I almost barfed.

I ran back to the house, thankfully the kids were both asleep, though I have no idea how that was possible through the smell.  I ran water in all the drains I could and flushed the toilet, that had spewed poo water all over the seat and floor.

Let's just say, it was not a very lovely experience.  Geez!  You'd think they would give you some warning about something as disgusting as that!!!