Thank you, Mama. Bathroom drama.

Thank you, Mom, for teaching me to always unplug things such as my toaster, hair dryer, and straightener when I am done using them even if they're turned off. So my valentine's day got off to a marvelous start. I used the bathroom outside my room, squirted a couple shots of hand sanitizer on my palms because I'm all out of hand soap, then sprinted up the stairs to see if my food was done. While I was in the kitchen, I heard the sound of water running downstairs, and I got really confused as to why I would've left the sink running. It instantly hit me that I never used the sink so I immediately bounded down the stairs hoping that it wasn't what I thought. Without hesitation, I rushed into the bathroom, and the immediate soaking of my sock confirmed my dreaded guess before I even saw the toilet. Much not to my surprise, the toilet had backed up for the third time in two weeks for no apparent reason. With urgency, I sloshed through the water and reached for the knob behind the toilet to stop Bathroom Pond from expanding into Basement Lake. My eyes dashed across the bathroom floor for anything needing to be rescued. I picked up my bag and placed it into the bathtub without too much concern for its health. As I looked behind the bathroom door, I saw my hairdryer. Drowning in water. Whoops? Thankful that it was my hairdryer that I had been contemplating replacing because of its recent lack of effort and not my expensive straightener, I scooped it up and took it to the hallway to dry it off. While taking off my sopping wet socks and drying my toilet water infested blow dryer, I realized that this could've been a bad situation had my hair dryer been plugged in. Mesi, Jezi, for keeping me safe, and thank you, Mama Jo, for making it a habit for me to unplug everything. Lesson of the day: unplug things when you're done & don't set your blow dryer on the ground because your crappy (haha) toilet might turn into a flowing water fountain when you least expect it. Plus side: I got a new toilet installed today thanks to RESGI. & I'm out.