Just when I thought things couldn't get worse, they did. Friday night we had a huge rain storm. No biggie. We have had rain in the month since we have lived here and all has been well. WELL...not this time. You know how houses have sump pumps? Those handy little things that help keep water OUT of your house? Yeah. Well, ours decided to have a stroke or something, and didn't work during the above mentioned BIG rainstorm....at all. What does that mean? Water in the basement. And why is that bad? Because the movers put a crapload of boxes down there. Yep. And the worse part? We didn't realize it until YESTERDAY. Yepppp. So now? Sorting through the boxes to see what can be saved...and OH, FYI, wet cardboard smells like a rotting dead animal...seriously.
We called service master out to look at the damage and give an estimate on drying and sanitizing the basement (we don't want MOLD for God's sake!!). Well, the bad news is that my husband waived the "Basement backup protection insurance" when he got house insurance. Yeah. Maybe we should have discussed it? Too late now I suppose. I head the lady who came to install some blower fans and do an estimate say the numbers 2-5k to fix the mess. Yeah. Hopefully she is just really bad at math and the estimate will come back muuuuuuuch lower.
Ok, so the servicemaster lady left, she will be back on Thursday to check the fans and see how dry the basement is. She felt sorry for us and is giving us the hookup on somne freebies. Praise Service master! lol. NOw, before Thursday, I have to go through the rest of the boxes, and we have to get the piece of wet carpet out of the basement...gross.
And did I mention that I am heading back to Indiana on Wednesday? Yep. So I am going to bust a move and try to get as much done as I can, so Andy (poor dear husband) has less to do daily after working all day.
So, THIS is what it is like to live in Minnesota, eh?!
