Any readers who keep up with me via my FaceBook page know that this has been a grueling week for me. After spending the night at a friend’s house the other night, I came home in the moring to find a broken water main under the house and four inches of water everywhere. It was not pretty.

My landlord called in some professional disaster relief people to clean up the mess, but this has meant that my home has been unlivable for the past five days. I’ve been staying with my friend Phil for most of these nights.


Water damage to the couch


The water-vacuum in the kitchen


More dryers, fans and vacuums in the bathroom

I think I will finally be able to move back in on Tuesday. Though, that day will be taken up with people replacing carpet padding under all the carpets.

You might think I would be cynical after all of this, right? Wel, in truth, I am a little bit. But also, all of this nonsense has been a sweet reminder of just how crazy life can be sometimes, and that has been a gentle reminder that I am, in fact, still alive.