Let me tell you a little story about my Sunday School adventures yesterday. None of it really happened. It was all just a dream. A very bad dream, kind of like...often. It's only an hour and a half with a dozen small angels, right? And I have 2 helpers.....so why would it be anything but lollipops and rainbows? These tikes are in the 2-4 age range, see. Most of them are so precious and good. But there was this one new kid, two years old, burly, and whenever he wasn't pleased, which was often, he'd throw this bratty boy fit, THROW himself on the floor, ROLL around vigorously, no matter who or what was in his way. Usually I'm on top of everything, as much as possible, but this kid really intimidated me, took me aback, and I let my teen helper tend to him. Her brother, maybe 11, mostly took up space unless you directly ordered him to do something specific. The girl is good help, though.
So there's 15 minutes till the kids get picked up. My teen helper tells me the toilet, which I last used, is about to overflow. This toilet is in our room's small bathroom. There is no plunger, and when I look, it seems that the flood waters might recede. So I SHUT THE DOOR. Five minutes later, she has to tell me that my little Israelites are in danger of being drowned in the Red Sea. Seriously. There is water gushing out from under the door. I rush next door where there is, fabulously, a Sunday School teacher who is a plumber by trade. He jiggles the handle, or whatever, to stem the tide. And of course, all the tots want to stand around the wet carpet and watch the shiny waters in the bathroom. They want to stick just one finger in, or just a toe. And the burly, screeching brat falls down and rolls dangerously near the water in one of his fits. He is oblivious, and gets his pants doused. The Sunday School Superintendant and my husband end up doing the mopping of ALL THAT WATER. Gross!!!!! But wait, there's more!!! This mother who is just a visitor and has a child in my class goes bonkers cuz her child has a wet pullup, and I should have checked every 30 minutes. We've got all these kids in a pretty small room, toilet water being mopped up, and she is raising cane cuz we should have known her wishes. I took a 3 hour nap not long after arriving home and didn't feel much pain after that.