cimorene

The plumber called so early he woke Wax up even though she had to work at 8:30! She woke me up so I could share the joy. He was like, "I could send a guy right now." And the guy came as soon as the sun was up (9).

So it IS a happy new year!

Wax is talking to the guy now. I am inside monitoring through the kitchen window, because it's cold.

Eta: The plumber is gonna check his buddies and basically accepted the job, we don't have to contact any others and also HE'S gonna call US next! So we don't have to make ourselves call anyone. And then this happened:

City guy who is responsible for overseeing whenever a new person has to do this plumbing fix to stop adding rainwater to the sewers: It'll cost ya.
Us: Yeah, we know, we knew that, we're ready.
City guy: Thousands.
Us: Oh yeah, we know that.
Wax: But how MANY thousands?
City guy: Ooh, mmm, maybe five to ten.
Us: Oh, okay!
Me: That's good!
Wax: That's totally doable. That's way better than our worst nightmares!
City guy: Closer to ten than five, probably.
Me: This is such good news!!

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wychwood

Amazing! I hope they can solve all your plumbing issues permanently!

cimorene

It's a New Year miracle! It's at least 60% of our plumbing problems, and that's more than expected!

princessofgeeks

\o/

which_chick

Speaking as someone who has had to repair multiple sewers (terra cotta lines, long flat runs, twisty street joins) in assorted apartment buildings, it is always, 100% worth it to not be playing with crummy sewer issues. Any day I don't have to wade through floating turds is a good day. :) Best of luck!

stranger

This is the best New Year omen I've seen in quite a while. Best wishes to you for the plumbing repairs and the year!

Not timed to be an omen: I did see a rainbow just after Christmas, a little sunshine between cloudy days. Just, better than clouds.