1st 24.

So I’m pretty sure if I were our exchange student I would be packing my bags right now and moving as far away from us as possible.

If you were an exchange student moving to a country where you had never been before, moving in with people you’ve never seen or talked to before what would be your nightmare scenario in the first 24 hours? Aside from accidentally decapitating the family pet it would be clogging the toilet with poop wouldn’t it? Don’t lie, I know that’s what you were thinking.

Our new 16yr old resident, who seems nice normal and personable so far did just that this afternoon. He went upstairs to do his business and nothing seemed amiss. Until 2 hours later I peed in said toilet, used 3-4squares of toilet paper appropriate for urinating and flushed. Only it didn’t flush, it filled. With brownish water? This cannot be good. Hubbin (painting in the bathroom at the time) looks over with horror. Hubbin, who says the student asked him where to put the toilet paper (hubbin said the toilet) must have used paper towels instead. Student says not so.

For whatever reason we don’t have a plunger… I SWORE we did, it has to be hiding somewhere. Hubbin fortunately found the snake in the garage after a few failed attempts to grab the toilet paper with a hanger. Hubbin proceeds to snake the toilet and finds that the toilet appears to not be clogged with paper afterall, but his snake keeps bringing up more turd nuggets. Student and I are watching. (poor mortified student) Hubbin then begs me to please come take the snake from him because he’s going to throw up. Now that the toilet is declogged there is a nugget stuck in the bulb at the end of the snake and for whatever reason this throws hubbin’s fragile constitution into an uproar.

Not so strong of stomach.

So I took over (with gloves, thank you) and ended up using the hanger to get it out! Lol… I said “Tomorrow instead of pancakes for breakfast we’re having mandatory cracklin’ oat bran!” We need to get some more soluble fiber into this kid! I would have died but the student seemed to handle himself very well and Hubbin gave him a few reassuring speeches in both English and Ger and assured him there was no problem (but please next time do a courtesy flush in the middle, as she is an old house, with old pipes, and old plumbing)

I think I’d curl up and die right there….