- Yesterday I finished the first round of taping and mudding on the drywall above my new bathtub ... at 10:15pm.
- And then I sat up for a while trying to make sure the sump pump was working.
- And then when I tried to go to sleep, The Storm of Massive Rain and Eternal Lightning-ness started up, making it impossible to get to sleep
- So I checked on the sump pump - still working.
- And then when I tried to go to sleep, I listened to the worsening storm and worried about the sump pump.
- So I checked on the sump pump - still working.
- The last time I checked the clock, it was 3:30am.
- At 6am Jason got up, went downstairs, came back upstairs, and announced that our whole basement was several inches underwater.
- So then Jason, Liza and I carted everything from the basement upstairs, sorting it into "dry," "wet," and "why the hell did we have that anyway?" piles in different rooms in the house.
- I also wet vacuumed all the puddles up out of the basement.
- Then I took Liza to school, only an hour late.
- Then I went to Home Depot, where I joined half of the residents of Cuyahoga County in the aisles for mops, shelving units, wet vacs, and garbage bags. I wish Home Depot also sold alcohol.
- Then I did the second round of mudding on the bathroom walls.
- Then I carried the "why the hell did we have that anyway?" pile out to the garbage.
- Then I started mopping the floor in the basement, first with Clorox, then with water. Now instead of mildew, it smells like bleach and mildew and wet cat hair.
- Then I started moving things back into the basement, sorting out a bunch of stuff for Goodwill and the consignment store. Goodwill candidates = anything I don't feel like we use enough to justify carrying it back downstairs and placing in an elevated storage spot. That's a lot of stuff, at this point.
- Then I dug a path through the debris in my office to the computer, where I started typing this post.
- And now I'm going to go find some Tylenol and play Angry Birds until I stop wanting to cry or throw something through a wall. Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue ...
So, how's your day been going?
4 comments:
Oh my, this sucks!!! But look at the bright side: you will have a clean and emptier basement, room to collect more stuff!!! And ... your new shower/tub looks lovely!!! I am painting windows, doors, walls and ceiling, didn't know my neck/shoulders could hurt that much! Am getting old....
Oy vey! I feel weighted from the reading.
I was kvetching from having to climb into my trees to chainsaw threatening limbs. I would much rather have a pile of firewood than a pile of "why did we have this stuff".
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