The Kitchen Sink

On Monday night the drain for the kitchen sink backed up. Here is a list of my resulting neurotic thoughts.

1. I must have dropped my wedding ring down the drain and the mangled ring is causing a clog.
2. It's not my wedding ring, it must be a mouse in the drain. That will be pretty gross.
3. It's not unclogged even after we used a hangar and a wrench. We are going to need all new pipes.
4. I call my dad; he'll know what to do. He's not answering. Why aren't my parents answering the phone at 8:30 on a Monday night? I should call my sister and see if she has talked to them. She hasnt spoken to them. Now I feel bad because she wont sleep tonight either.
5. We pour some Draino down the drain. It doesn't work. We plunge, splashing Draino in our faces. We are going to die of Draino poisoning.
6. As we tuck in for the night with a still clogged sink I wonder, does a backed up pipe emit poisonous gas?
7. The next morning I talk to my dad. He's fine. He's coming over. Shoot, will it squash my husband's masculinity if my dad can solve the drain problem?
8. Shouldn't have called my dad. He shouldn't be crawling under the sink like that. He'll break his back. It will be my fault if something happens.
9. I call a plumber. Now I will be alone in the house with the plumber. What if he's an axe murderer?

That was exhausting.

The good news is the sink is cleared. I have learned there is a long list of things you can not put in a disposal including stringy vegetables, peelings, rice and pasta. So pretty much, anything on the food pyramid can not go down a disposal.