Forget the miracle...

It turns out that Mr. Plumber didn't do such a hot job after all. In fact, since the plumber put the "new seal" on the toilet, the water is not only gushing down into the basement at a stronger rate, but it is also running from the bottom of the toilet onto my bathroom floor. I discovered this at 1 am Christmas Eve Day.

Naturally the plumber wasn't reachable then, (not that I tried) and he was unavailable on Wednesday. He even had his answering machine turned off. Lucky for me, the guy upstairs who was kind enough to handle the plumber before, is willing to call again on Friday and get him to come back and fix the fiasco he caused.

And so it is Christmas, and what have you done?

Like every good Jew, I will be going to the movies tonight. The day, so far, has been spent doing laundry, talking on the phone, chasing dust bunnies, searching for miniblinds to replace the one I melted with the menorah on the Second Night (I found the one I need at Target.com -- natch), and later, I'll write some thank-you cards. A perfectly productive day.