Our luck from 2010 seems to be carrying over into 2011. So far you already know about Brady’s double ear infection and the debit card incident. As of this morning I have something else to add to the list. Our septic system is inspected quarterly and today was the inspection. I figured something was wrong when the inspection took an unusually long time. The inspector gave me the report and let me asked if we had visitors over the holidays. I told him we did at Thanksgiving and the alarm had gone off several times and that we just ran the pump to circumvent the alarm sounding. He said the alarm probably didn’t do much help and there was 10 inches of solids in a tank it’s not supposed to be in. He then advised when we had visitors to stagger showers and hold off on doing laundry or using water as much as possible. He told me to call the office and schedule to get the septic system pumped. Now based on the type of septic system we have, we should only have to pump it every three years – it’s only been about 15 months. Ugh, so I scheduled the appointment and will be $400 poorer when the system is pumped.
After talking to the septic guy, I posted on Facebook about things not working out in 2011. Then the guilt hit and I removed the post. Who am I to complain on Facebook about our bad luck? I know someone always has it worse and a lot of people on there are going through their own problems and would love to exchange their issues for mine. I’m going to try and reserve my rants for on here where this is my domain to talk about the good and the bad in my life.