The Ellis Family Toilet

Seriously, in the shortest version (of a long-winded person), here is my Thursday night....

I am working on one of my 6 papers that is due for school. Here is my conversation with Wes as we eat dinner.

Wes: "I need to go finish fixing the toilet and clean the bathrooms. I started a load of laundry already."

Sara: "Thanks, Babe."

***Side note, the toilet has been broken since I was 6 months pregnant - Trenton is almost 5 months. ****

A little while later...

Trenton is down for the night after I rocked him to sleep. While rocking, Wes disappears. I put Trenton in the crib and realize Wes is in the bathroom, working on the toilet. Convinced this is just his usual routine of he "fixes" it followed by the loud noise of the toilet running, clearly not fixed, I come downstairs to do school work.

Working downstairs I can hear wes as he stomps through the house...comes down to me.

Wes: "I should have listened to you, we need a new toilet."

Sara: "I agree, I am always right."

Wes: "what time does Lowes close?"

Sara: "huh?"

Wes: "We need a new toilet"

Me, not knowing what this entails I start looking at toilets online. Did you know toilets can cost upwards of $5000?!? I mean, it better make my butt smaller every time I sit on it!

Sara: "10:00, Lowes closes"

Wes: "well, I guess I will go get a toilet"

Sara: "NO! You will go get a toilet, bring it in the house,not be able to get it installed and I will be living in a tiny bathroom with 2 toilets that don't work and a house covered in the toilet box remnants"

Wes: "So you want to stare at a hole in the ground?"

Sara: "Excuse me?"

Wes: " The toilet is gone."

Sara: confused because toilets can't walk..."where did it go?"

Wes: "to the garage"

REALLY! REALLY! The bathroom needs cleaning, but we should really start by buying a new toilet...the dirty sink can wait..better yet, let's go buy a new sink so we don't have to clean this one.

Also, now the garage is one step closer to being the "workshop" you have always wanted, just add a sink and some shelves and you are done!

Wes: "I'm going to buy a toilet...how do you want me to pay for it?"

So, my night was spent doing very little school work while my husband played plumber and I just shook my head through the process.

Thanks to Aunt Donna for the gift card, our toilet was essentially half price! I also had a coupon! :)

In the future, Wes, don't just remove the annoying feature of your life and ask me how to pay for a new one. Love you!