This week has been a real pain in the ass. First, my favorite cousin passed away quite suddenly. Heart attack -- no warning -- he was never sick, and looked like the picture of health and had checked out perfectly at his last doctor's appointment. Then last Saturday he had just finished cutting the grass and was putting the lawn mower away, and basically dropped dead. The paramedics said he was probably gone before he hit the ground. Damn!!! I really loved that guy -- we're only 3 years apart in age, and lived close to each other as children so we were more like siblings than cousins.
Then, Wednesday morning I woke up to find a small wet patch in the hall carpet. I didn't think too much of it. Just figured I'd spilled some water and not noticed. So I blotted it up and went on about things. I noticed it again Wednesday night, and figured something was up and decided to call a plumber the next morning. Well, the next morning the entire hall, linen closet, living room and master bedroom closet were completely flooded. I called the plumber who called an water extraction service and they all came out together and it took them hours to locate the leak. Finally they cut out a huge chunk of the living room wall and found it. One of the pipes going to the hall bathroom tub had burst and was spraying water all over. What. A. Mess.
They pulled up all the carpet from living room and hall (no biggie -- I didn't like that carpet anyway), and pulled up the flooring in the bathroom and part of my bedroom. Then they put those horribly loud fans in here to dry thing out, and to speed things along, they heated the house up to 104 degrees. Holy crap. The insurance company paid for 2 nights in a hotel, but what to do about the animals? I closed them in the front bedroom with the windows open and the ceiling fan on and lots and lots of water. Poor things. I hated to leave them in the heat, but there was no choice. Non of the local kennels had any spots available.
The good news is they were able to get it all dried out in 24 hours (some kind of different, patented process they have), and I could stay here last night. I immediately opened all the windows and turned on the attic fan to get it cooled down. Now it's time to rebuild and redecorate, I guess.
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