Sent: Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 6:52 PM
Recipients: Son, Daughter, Daughter-in-Law
Email Body:
Oh. My. God.
WHAT is it with me and water????
I slept in and got to work about noon today, so I worked until 7:30pm.
I get the mail and start up the driveway.
WATER is streaming DOWN the driveway.
It did not rain today.
Its coming from the back of the house.
I thought – oh no…I must have left that nozzle on.
NO, I did NOT leave the nozzle on. RATHER, that fancy hose rack we bought that has the hose connector from the house to the rack EXPLODED! WHAT???
The flower bed is flooded, there is probably water in the basement or the crawlspace – I’m not even going to check. There are waves in the water streaming down the sidewalk and driveway…so much water.
Now my shoes are soaked, my pants are wet and there is a great possibility that it has screwed up the well and I’ll have DIRTY WATER! Which of course means I have to change out the Osmosis filters for the low low price of God knows what.
I’m sorry to sound frustrated, but this was not my fault. Just like exploding water heaters (2 of them), the roof leak at the office, the sewer pipe connector in my basement, the pool getting filled to overflow when the kids ‘forgot’ and left the hose on….I could go on and on, but alas, its a bit depressing.
Everyone have a dry evening!!!!!!
Much love,
Wet Mother.
Notes: As someone that has experienced the joys of a wet basement, my heart hurts for her. Also, as someone whose husband bought said “fancy hose rack,” I have an extra dose of sorrow.