When Sinks Throw-Up

It is gross when people throw-up. It is grosser when moldy old sinks throw-up. Like mine did.

I think it is better that it threw-up via the hole in the floor under the sink rather than via the hole in the sink. I spent over half an hour cleaning this up (which made Tom and I late meeting our friends for dinner that Friday night). The next day Tom was washing the dishes and it started throwing-up again. We had Caroline call the plumber for us. He came to our apartment a few minutes later. The plumber also happens to be the electrician and keeper-of-the-keys. I was in the other room when he arrived and heard him say, "Ahhhh..."

I came out and asked Tom if that was an, "Ahhhh...I have seen this before! We'll have that sucker fixed in a jiffy!" or an "Ahhhh...what the heck happened? This is *bad*." Tom told me it as the second.

The plumber poked around a bit with a piece of hanger and a flashlight he'd brought with him then said he'd be back tomorrow. The next day he showed up with some other guys and a huge machine to unclog the sink. They made a mess of the kitchen then said it was fixed.

Tom started washing the dishes and the sink started throwing up on his slippers again.

They came back again and took out part of the wall in front of the sink. Now it is fixed. Except there is a gapping hole so we can view the dark moldiness under the sink. It's another thing I have learned to pretend I cannot see.