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More plumbing this morning:  the improved water pressure with the new water supply overwhelmed my toilet float, and given the option of spending at least an hour with my arms down the tank or paying $55 (courtesy of our home warranty) for a dude to come do the replacement in 12 minutes, I took the sane option.

And then spent two hours cleaning the bathroom and kitchen (the sprayer is leaking; the home warranty doesn’t cover “sinks,” it turns out) before the plumber got here.  I’d had to let the other plumber in the bathroom last week when he bled the lines, when there was a giant pile of dirty towels and socks and globs of toothpaste in the sink and piles of hair everywhere and I was embarrassed.

So I suppose you could say I got a clean bathroom AND a new toilet float, all for $55.  Much like you could say I got some new landscaping last week.

This plumber mentioned casually that he would have done the yard for $X, where X = .5*$What_We_Paid.  I am fairly certain that that’s not true, given some of the hassle, but still it made me tired when he said it.

In other news, we can’t find Green Ball.  I fear that it has been kidnapped and am awaiting further instructions.