SH**t Doesn't Always Roll Downhill

So I really didn't think I would write much in the blog during this trip.  Normally, the Beach Angels and other guests supply the comic relief while they are here, and while Rachelle and Beach Angel "Skylar" are here for a few days, it has been realtively quiet, and we have just been chillin.

You know, during my working career, I spent time as a line worker,  A mechanic, a Supervisor, a Middle Manager, and a Packaging Engineer. I was also a Director for Lean Manufacturing.  During those years, I learned a lot about how the progression of things worked. We were always aware of the fact that SH**t rolls down hill and you had to always be ready to adapt and overcome the adversities of said Sh**t that were sometimes made by upper-level management that really had no idea what was happening on the shop floor.

I learned today that sometimes Sh**T travels uphill; in fact, it sometimes backs up. 

Case in point, the house we are spending the lovely month of June here on Sanibel just happens to be undergoing some infrastructure improvements.  The whole subdivision is getting a new waterline installation.  It started just a few days after we arrived.  The use of one of those big underground boring machines to install the new pipe.

So, during the past week, we have begun getting Satanic messages from our bathroom sink drain. Sometimes, the conversation would carry on for what seemed like a couple of minutes, although I'm sure it was only for a few seconds. It happened mainly when we would flush a toilet or run water from one of the other bathrooms.  Almost as if Beelzebub was sending us his disapproval of what we were offering.

Well, today I guess you could say Sh**t hit the fan.  No more running downhill.  This house is elevated, and things have finally backed up to the point where the master  Bathroom toilet is now daring you to flush it.  Mistake made I did,  We figured that there was a problem, but we weren't totally sure just where it was. So, apparently, the boys with the big boring machine bored right through the sewer line from the house to the sewer main. 

So now we get to take a vacation while on vacation. With no bathroom facilities, the rental company called us back at 10:30 p.m. and agreed to put us in a condo for a couple of days while they let the Island Water Company and Sanibel Sewer figure out whose problem it was.  We moved to the Sundial Resort into a 2-bedroom condo.  The condo was nice, but I prefer the privacy of the house. 

Sitting on the Beach on Monday, around noon, when Jason from Sanibel Sewer calls me.  I'm now on half of Sanibel utilities and local plumbers' speed dial list this week.  

Me: Hello, 

Jason:   Rob, how's it going?

Me:  Pretty good, just sitting on the beach in the shade!

Jason:  Well, I hate to ruin your day, but the contractor can't make it to the house today. They will be there on Tuesday.

Me:  Yea well, sh**t happens!

Jason: (laughing) Literally, Thanks for being so patient.

So good news! This morning, 5 workers and 3 Supervisors were at the end of the driveway when we drove back over to the house.  We had to be out of the condo, so we had no choice but to come back to the house.  We may have to hold it all day, but we're here, so get digging boys.

Seems like the older we get we stop sweating the little Sh**T even when it stops rolling down hill.


Get diggin Boys, there's three girls in this house


Our Pot of Gold at Sundial resort was actually just having a pot.



Vacation from vacation at Sundial







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