This morning, according to my housemate, I won the Rosie the Riveter award for the month. After consulting Dare to Repair, a book my sister gave me for Christmas a while back, I unclogged the bathroom sink, which has been draining in an increasingly sluggish manner for some time.

This involves sticking a rag in the overflow hole, filling the sink with water (quite easy, given the circumstances) and then putting the plunger over the drain and working it vigorously. I did this three times, and it pulled up all manner of black gunk, which I scooped out with a little bowl to put in the toilet, which is better suited for particulate matter. After the third time, there was no longer any suction with the plunger, and now the water goes down fine.

I have to say I’m a little disappointed, because I was sort of hoping to take apart the u-bend sink trap thing underneath, which is certainly filled with all manner of sliminess.

And the kitten, of course, was on hand and extremely intrigued with all matters in the bathroom involving water. She fell in the full bathtub the other day!