Have you been swimming?

Ok, so got our well repaired last week. It’s only been broken for about 1 year or so. Some idiot guy that used to be our neighbor backed into it and said nothing but, "Hey, I just busted your well."

But hey, it still pumped water in, so we just kinda lived with it. We called the well people, but they were booked solid for several months, so we got on a waiting list. Apparently Christmas is a slow time for well people because they very nicely came out and fixed our well.

What I didn’t realize when I got home was that not only did they fix it, but they treated it as well. For those of you that aren't familiar with the highly technical aspects of well treating it goes kinda like this:

Open 7-10 jugs of Chlorine Bleach
Open top of well
Dump all jugs of Chorine into well
Close top of well

It is the homeowners responsiblity to then run the water out of all of the faucets in the house for a good 1/2 hour to an hour.

But remember, I didn't know that they treated the well.

So I come home from work, and make my daily pitcher of kool aid for my heathens children. Suddenly, I start smelling Chlorine bleach. I’m standing at my sink, looking around my kitchen, wondering if DH had cleaned something with bleach (as if!!). I don't notice any white streaks on anything, or any spills on the floor. Hmmmm...

I start picking up my dishes to see if my dishwashing detergent has a hint of bleach in it. No, none of my dishes smell like bleach..hmmmm..

I look under my sink to see if my bleach has someone been opened by mice, or maybe cleaning fairies really exist!!

Nope, nothing to it under the sink either.

Damn...where is that smell coming from....oh well,I'll just add the sugar to the koolaid and start stirring...

That's when it hits me...OMG!!!! I could have killed my kids!!!

The bleach is coming from my faucets!!!! Jeeeessssuuuuusss H. Crimeny.......

So after I dump the kool aid out,(damn it, I just wasted precious sugar) I ask my DH if he had known about the well treatment.

No...is that what that bleach smell is??

Ummm Yeah.

So, I run the water for awhile, and promptly forget about it.

My daughter mentions that she wants a bath. Ok, cool. I run back, turn on the water, and then go about the house collecting dirty clothes to throw into the washer while the kids bathe...

"MOM....MOOOOMMMM...MY EYES ARE BURNING!!"

OMFG!! I FORGOT ABOUT RUNNING THE BATHROOM FAUCET. I run back to make sure my daughters face isn't dripping off the bones (in my mind bleach is a lot like acid). Here her face wasn't even wet, but the bleach in the air stung my eyes as I walked in.

So amidst angry tears at not getting a bath, I drain the bathwater...

Anyhow, it's over a week now, and while we are able to bath and drink as normal, there's still a "tinge" of bleach.

Which is why every day someone will ask me, "Have you been swimming?"