Overflowing Toilet

1. Alison and I have just spent the last half hour trying to keep our toilet from overflowing. We literally had to stand next to the toilet the whole time and flush it so the water wouldn't run over the top. Big Al talked to her dad on the phone and he kept describing a "floating" thing that we needed to do something with. Well, we had no clue what he was talking about, because NOTHING was floating in the water. So we were trying to turn the water off at the bottom on the pipe, and since we aren't the next hulk we couldn't get it to budge. So I call Jeff and to no surprise he starts describing this "floating" thing that we are supposed to do something with. Yeah, we still are at loss. Finally we decide that maybe this floating thing is actually attached. With my strong muscles we finally get the water thing turned to the right, but water was still coming out. Then we decided to try the "floating thing" (yeah right, was NOT floating, haha) and Al props it with a hanger. Voila! It stopped. Oh, and I forgot that I tried calling the emergency maintenance number and yeah, no one answered....big surprise. Gotta love the Riv. So after seriously five minutes of listening to the answering machine, I FINALLY get to leave a message. I tried REALLY hard to be nice, but I think some sarcastic comments came out...but we were in a real emergency! But, we survived and it provided for quite a hilarious night. The best part: When we finally get the water stopped, Alison bangs her fist on the wall, and the Jesus picture falls off and lands right into the toilet. There couldn't have been a better ending to this stressful adventure. I really thought Big Al was going to kill someone there for a minute. I guess we just need to start selling lemonade or something so we can raise up the money for the water bill next month.
   

The wet picture after it fell off the wall
Yes, we are geniuses. This is NOTHING like the toilet I've got back home, I tell ya. But hey, the maintenance man if finally calling me back! Gotta go~