Why? Because my apartment exploded. Well, the drains did.
Miriam and I were watching a movie. The volume was up high (to 11!) because I can never hear movies well. It was storming out also. All of a sudden, I told Miriam that it sounds like the noise on our TV (bombs in the movie) was coming from our kitchen. We went in there to find our sink exploding. Seriously. It wasn’t just water coming out of our drain. Black water was spewing like a geyser up from the drain all over the kitchen. We didn’t know what to do. I grabbed some stuff off the counter and started to freak out. After it finally stopped, we found that the two bathrooms were also flooded, and some water was seeping through the kitchen wall to the other side in the living room. Fun! And guess what? We don’t have a super or an emergency contact; our landlord swears she checks her machine over the weekend in case of an emergency, but she sure wasn’t in touch with us last night. So after making some phone calls and having the dude who flushed the building’s pipes after ours exploded came in and told us it was safe to use the water, we started cleaning. Well, first we had to go out and buy a mop and extra cleaning supplies. Then we came back to face this:
I’ll spare you the rest of the pictures, which includes our flooded bathrooms and linen closet, as well as the seepage of water from the kitchen to the living room. After the late-night run to the store and much scrubbing and scrubbing (and scrubbing), we finished cleaning everything: at 5 a.m.
I slept from a little after six until eight or so (8:30ish, maybe), then decided I’d go to work around 11:00. (Miriam fell asleep around 5:30, barely remembered calling in to work, and then also decided to go in around 11:00. What can I say? We’re hard workers! And we need money.) I couldn’t go earlier because, since I was home anyway, I tried to get Paul McCartney tickets: epic fail. Then I stayed at work until 6:00, and while driving home, I noticed that something was hitting my car. I pulled in to the CVS parking lot…and was stuck in my car in the middle of a huge hail storm. The storm and the hail were both huge. And it was scary. Then I drove through some horrible fog on the way home. And now I think I’ve had enough of ridiculous weather to last me a lifetime. But I finally got home, safely, and the apartment was dry. Can’t say the same for me. I earned that glass of wine!
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6-15-2009 at 23:20:25
So very gross. I am scared of all rainstorms. Forever.
6-16-2009 at 08:15:22
Ew. Well, at least today HAS to be better than that, right?
6-16-2009 at 09:52:47
My poor babies.
Welcome to the world of unwanted dirty water – all over everything!! Remember the pre-Passover flood from the Gallo pool? We were lucky we weren’t electrocuted in that one. Or the one from the ice maker all over the cedar closet where we lost tons of treasures I was saving since I was a kid? Or the one where the basement was covered in mud from the crawl space? Or the one from the hot water heater exploding all over the basement? Or the one from the washing machine hose popping? I think there were a few more times that the sump pump overflowed.
Too many unpleasant dirty memories.
But we Shor women are tough – we survive!
6-16-2009 at 10:29:05
Kristin: Can’t get much worse…can it? Mama: I remember all the floods. They were all pretty terrible. This was right up there with the worst of them,although we didn’t lose anything of great importance (except sleep). You’re right, it’s a good thing the Shor women are strong–in all ways. After all, we had to move the stove and the fridge (good thing Strong Arms Moo was there!).
6-16-2009 at 16:50:09
Aunt Marilyn did say that the Shor women are worth 1000 men!
6-16-2009 at 20:17:07
I hope you were able to scour the coffee pot – you need your coffee, especially after a night like that one. Glad it’s all over now.
Aunt Mama- you sure have had a lot of floods.
6-16-2009 at 20:46:43
Miriam: She sure did say that. And she was right.
Lil: The coffee pot is more than clean. We were able to clean everything pretty easily (easily meaning nothing was so covered that it was ruined; it wasn’t easy, though, as it took hours, it was gross, and I hate cleaning as it is).
6-17-2009 at 07:03:27
When did Aunt Marilyn say that?
6-17-2009 at 08:23:32
Lil: Aunt Marilyn said that at Sam and Henny’s wedding when we were all dancing together near our tables and the men told us to go to the other side. I yelled “no!” and then AM said that!
6-18-2009 at 20:43:58
I was aghast at that your retro kitchen has appliances from every decade except this one. Is it possible to buy a stove that color anytime in the last 35 years?
6-18-2009 at 21:58:38
Yeah, that stove is totally older than I am. We’ve asked for it to be replaced because it also sucks. It’s on the list of complaints; since they can’t replace parts from it, we’ve suggested they replace the whole thing. Could be worse: My friend had an apartment in college with not only all her appliances in that color, but also her shag carpet. Great place!
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