Singing the praises...

Of plumbers.
Hooray for plumbers!
We have questionable plumbing in our house--the question being "will this drain properly or back up into the downstairs bathroom?" The answer to that question two days ago was "downstairs bathroom", which is why the plumber was here yesterday. He fixed it by snaking out the exterior line and then announced that the problem was tree roots. We had tree roots in our exterior sewer line. Which is odd because we don't have trees on that side of the house....
I think that plumbers are some of the most underrated professionals out there. We should have a national holiday dedicated to the celebration of the people who do the important, underrated jobs. People like plumbers, garbage collectors, appliance repairmen (repairpersons?), and the like. They should have a parade and everybody can have the day off of work--and I don't think that Labor Day counts. These important folk deserve a day unto themselves.
We could call it "Folks-who-make-life-better" day. And there should be some sort of associated food that goes with the day...Krispy Kreme* Doughnuts, perhaps. If you've never had a Krispy Kreme; stop what you are doing and go get one RIGHT NOW.
My husband doesn't like doughnuts, but will eat six Krispy Kremes at one go.
Maybe Krispy Kremes should get their own holiday....
Yes!
I hereby declare today, the third Tuesday of October, to be Krispy Kreme day.
Now go get some doughnuts, take the afternoon off and enjoy your holiday.

*If I'd listened to spell check, you'd be reading a post about "crisp Koreans"