It was a Blessing and a Pain in the Ass
Men at work in my mom's kitchen. In January I rented my mom and dad's dormant, frozen-in-time house to my nephew. He was ready to move out on his own but didn't have much income. So, I cut him a temporary deal until he could get himself established. He has always mowed the yard, trimmed the hedge, and kept the swimming pool maintained anyway. My dad used to pay him a little money for his help. I continued to pay him since dad's stroke. Now that work is part of his rent. Recently, he told me one of the toilets was not flushing properly. I drove over and checked it out the next day. I tried a plunger just to see what it did. Nothing. I called the plumber Jennifer and I use for everything. Because we use him for everything and pay him every time, he worked me in fairly quickly. It took a few days. He's a busy guy and plumbing is almost always an emergency for somebody. Before he could work it in my nephew added that the kitchen sink was not draining pr...