Thursday, April 30, 2009

Today

So, today I get out of bed, go shower, get dressed for work, head downstairs, take my lunch out of the fridge and put it in a bag (filet mignon with blue cheese and grilled yellow pepper and zuchini I cooked last night), stare at the empty coffee pot and suddenly become aware that I'm hearing rushing water. Coming from the basement. There shouldn't be rushing water in the basement.
I fly to the basement door in my work clothes, peer downstairs and see what amounts to a firehose of water spewing out of the sump pump drain pipe into the basement. Two inches of standing water on the floor. I slam the door, go back upstairs and strip naked (why I had to go back upstairs to the bedroom to do this is beyond me). I run back down the two flights of stairs and trek over to the firehose of ice water. I realize I need a flathead screwdriver and head back up one flight of stairs, then back to the firehose and get soaked trying to re-connect the @$&_*#%&$#^&% pipe. At this point the circuit breaker trips, so the firehose stops, the dehumidifier also stops, and my risk of electrocution diminishes. Without the firehose effect, it is much easier to reconnect the pipe, re-set the circuit breaker and head back upstairs, dripping. I go back upstairs, towel off and re-dress to face the day. When I arrive back on the first floor, Keri asks me what I had paced for lunch before all of this chaos began. I described my succulent meal, and she pointed into the backyard. I could see the remains of the container and bag, messily devoured by the dogs who totally took advantage of my naked situation, knowing I couldn't pursue them while nekkid and dripping.
So Jill, when you post and say nothing is happening in your life... nothing is happening in mine, but I was able to provide you with rich detail to occupy those sleepless hours.

5 comments:

Jill said...

All I can say is that I pray I will never have a morning like that because there is no way I would know how to reconnect a *&^(&&^ pipe. I would have started crying and calling Hubby, Daddy, Mama and Sister for moral support... and then I would have blogged about it. I'll try to get better material together - I hate to disappoint you.

Pappa Rooster said...

is this some sort of psychosis the need to plumb in the buff.

MamaHen said...

I don't even know what to say? I too would not know what to do (although I did have a baby without an epidural and that has me covered for life in the I can do anything department), so I would have acted like Jill. Although I would have had to call a few more people just for drama's sake.

While the plumber was there I would have had him take care of the dogs also. Because I had a Lean Cusine for lunch today and if I knew I would have been getting steak instead the dogs would be history.

What's up with the naked plumbing? I mean, I know there are jokes about a plumber's bottom showing, but I have never heard of one being completely naked.

Mollie said...

OK - here's the deal. I was in my fancy dress-up WORK clothes. If I had taken the time to change into something APPROPRIATE to plumb in, it would have taken TIME, and I didn't feel like taking precious time, allowing more water to flow while I was getting into some PLAYCLOTHES just to get them SOAKED. Jeez. You people act like gettin' nekkid is like killin' somebody.

Pappa Rooster said...

I dont think it so much a crime. its just when i have an emergency i dont run upstairs to get nekid then proceed with the emergency.
Not judging mind you, to each his own. Maybe i should start doing household chores nude.

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