what a mess

one morning last week

i got up at my usual ungodly early hour of 5

of course i had been awake since 4

jack feels

 i need 

at least an hour of 

crying whining jumping on off the bed 

to wake

i dont

my routine in the morning is

 get up, out of bed

walk into the living room

turn on the lights

fend off the cats

head into the bathroom

shower

then 

i feed them

well

 the morning

 i am going to tell you about

i deviated

i walked into the living room

spied a zappos box on top of the temporarily 

(for the last 10+ years) 

placed chest of drawers

oh wow my slippers got here after i went to bed last night 

i thought

i stepped closer

right 

into 

a puddle of

honestly

 i thought one of the cats had an accident

got some paper towels 

container of clorox wipes

as

 i began to wipe up the wet 

something 

hit me on the head

splat

i looked up

splat

oh my gawd

the ceiling is leaking

wake toonman

put lots of towels on the floor

call our neighbor/landlord

he turns off the water to the toilet in their guest bathroom

dramatic beginning to a long day

sadly repeated the next morning

because

 'someone' 

turned the water back on

 before the plumber/handyman came

that evening

 day two of the leak

the aforesaid handyman and his assistant arrived

they cut a hole in the ceiling

 to see

 what 

where 

the leak was

that being ascertained

 they sealed a crack in a connector pipe

alls well

well not all

friday morning 

through

 the temporarily closed hole 

water 

began 

dripping 

again

the handymen returned

re-opened the ceiling

re-checked the pipe

flushed the toilet

ran the water in the sink

voila

turns out 

something between the toilet and the pipes was 'off'

its now fixed/replaced

the hole in the ceiling 

the furniture all moved to one side of the living room

remain

sometime late this week it will be closed

hopefully for good

here's a video i hope it plays