STARTING TO DRAIN!

I got to shower at home today!  Usually we shower all week at Amber's so we can "save up" to shower on Sunday morning at our house.  Every morning, my husband goes to check the septic tank to see if it's gone down.  It is never down, so we go to Amber's to shower.  This morning, (Monday) he checked it and it was down to 9"!  That is the lowest it's been in a long time.  The highest was 16 1/2".  On Friday it was down to 13".  Twist, his wife, daughter, and her fiance came to visit us this weekend.  They came on Friday and left Saturday afternoon.  I had told them that if they needed to shower while they were here, they'd have to go to one of my kids' houses, but since they were just staying overnight, they opted not to shower on Saturday. Now I feel bad that they couldn't shower while they were here.  Sometimes the tank has started to go down and then has gone back up, so we weren't sure if that was the case, or if it was actually going down.  My husband said that for a normal level it needs to be at least at 6" before I can wash clothes and dishes in the dishwasher again.  BTW, he made a big stick to use as a "dip stick" with markings on it so he can stick it down in the tank to see what the level is.  That way he's not just guessing.  Wow, maybe this stuff is finally working!