So Sunday night we are home vegging out from the long weekend of wrestling.... I hear the loudest crack of lighting I have never heard before... maybe the was foreshadowing but I didn't think of anything about it then..
Monday morning we sleep in as usual and I go to make Stuart a bottle..I turn on the water...NO Water???..hmm.. go to the bathroom to try that faucet..(IDK why I tried a different one) ...NO WATER... Tell Jake that he needs to go to basement to check and see if he needs to flip the brakers...b.c. I see the stove's clock blinking..power must of switched on off maybe the water could do that too??...I check the fridge..still all good..so I go to get Stuart out of bed while Jake moves slowly out of bed...I start to wake Sondra up...and look out the kid's window....
I got Sondra up made her look out the window...she couldn't beleive her eyes... I then took her back to the back room and she says....How did this water get in here???? We need to get it out!... then she Tells Jake: Daddy you need to get this water out.... lol... I wasn't laughing then... so I say what are we going to do..can you go down there and turn the sump pump back on..and he just looks at me like I'm an idiot..he says Joie we can't do anything until this water goes down... OMG... we are going to let this water just sit here till it goes down... all our neighbors are pretty much outside because everyone on our side of the road their basement is flooded...just crazy... So I get in the car with kids and cry all the way to the sitters... cry pretty much all the way to work... cry off and on at work...heard the news insurance isn't covering we don't have flood insurance... awesome...cry when Jake says we are going to have to stay somewhere else for the time being...love it...cry at the realization that our Furnace, water heater, Pressure Tank, Water Softener, deep freezer is down there.. really ticked off..b.c. we just replaced our water softener just a few months ago... the deep freezer had food in it... and then I have saved all of Sondra's baby clothes... kept all the nice ones so that when we do have another girl... I was being financially smart so I didn't have to rebuy... they are gone (Jake confirmed that night when he went through the stuff).... then I realized... after we moved out of our parents house we had a few boxes of things that we didn't have room upstairs for so we kept them in basement... ruined...and really I know I can live without that stuff...but I have already lost all my stuff before..but I have since then been more conscious to hold on to special stuff and save it and really treasure it...gone... no I didn't lose all my stuff this time..but I lost some of that important stuff... that I wanted saved..and you may ask yourself why is she the idiot that kept it in the basement... well this idiot lives in a 665 sq foot house and we had never had a problem with our basement flooding in the past 6 years...so ya.. I kept it down there..we have no storage upstairs..when our house is spotless it looks messy b.c we have stuff everywhere..we would be a good candidate for a home organizing show or just total makeover for our house... seriously..lol
Jake tells me JOIE don't worry about this..don't sit at work and worry all day its going to be fine...So I was at work all day Monday..Jake calls and says his Dad his getting a pump and bringing over tonight...Thank you Thank you Thank you!... then after work I cry all the way to pick up kids..sitter probably thinks I am a emotional mess... but start to head to the house..I cry all the way there..Sondra wants her songs..turn those on..I can hear her singing.. "he is lord"..I cry more..Sondra screams Mommy turn my Music down..I turn it down and she says..Mommy don't be sad...and I tell her I am just sad because of the water in our basement and how it will take a lot of money to fix... and she says.."Don't worry Mommy...Daddy is going to fix it..He fixes everything that don't work and you do everything else"...lol.. that is what Jake tells Sondra.... I don't know whether to compliment me or just so she won't ask him to do anything except fix her toys...I say your right Sondra..Daddy is going to fix this... she continues her singing of he is lord..... she is a amazing little girl... Such faith in her Daddy.. :)
we get home and Jake is there...his good news was that the water had gone down and there is about 2 foot of water left in Basement...bad news is that a water line is broke and there is some plumbing work he is going to have to do... but first is getting the water out so he can go down there b.c. we kept our electricity the whole time..strange... so I tell him I can't stay here... and I get all of our stuff and go to my parents...Then a friend from Church and her husband and their daughter stop over with a whole bunch of food..so thoughtful and nice... she said it was the least she could do... cheered us up... nothing is better then home cooked food... but not good for weight watchers the next day ;)... I also received a Text from my cousin about how the night before I popped up in her head and she wasn't sure why so she prayed for me and seeing now she knows why and told me that I was a awesome mom and wife and hoped I had a great week...made me cry..but a good cry.. with a smile.. we have such awesome family and church family... see I know we are going to get through this.. I know that.. financially I know we could get money to repair everything... but thank goodness this happened right before we are to get our refund back from Taxes... yeah I really don't want to spend it on that..we had planned to pay a few things off..and keep a good chunk of it just in case car or something was to break down...but ya.. push come to shove.. we will probably have enough money to fix our car's A/C and the window like originally planned and now repair the stuff in the basement...and all day Monday when I texted Jake questions and all that..and each one at the end he would tell me ..Don't Worry Joie God will get us through it... he is a good Hubby...so right now we are living at my parents which Sondra is loving running the show.. lol..
So After my Monday...I pretty much confirmed- I needed to get away... State Wrestling is this weekend..and boy did I want to go... got it figured out at work... my original baby sitter sister in law Kayla couldn't babysit b.c. sadly she is going through the same basement trouble..which is just as upsetting...she still had just as much water in her basement the second day...I thought to myself she is going through enough b.c. Rick is out of town all week and she is alone on this... so I couldn't possibly let her worry about taking Sondra...so my Sister in law Melissa and brother Jonas will watch Sondra Thursday night and Friday and then thankfully..they will drop her off to Andrea so Sondra can have some girl fun with Cara... Sorry Joel.. Andrea told me she had to work Saturday and she is leaving the kids with you..I'm thankful I have great and family and friends that are so willing to help...
So this weekend It will be Me & Stuart..some quality time...and we get to watch my brother Wrestle his little heart out...I am so proud of him!.. He has seriously been wrestling for 3 years..no prior experience..none what so ever...and his Jr. year he is going to State... he placed 3rd at districts... I want all of our people in our conference to do good and all of our Mustangs to do Best..but Man John's story is pretty freaking awesome..and I sometimes can't contain my excitement for his future..he is going into the service after high school and plans to make it a career!.. What a honorable future ahead of him.. but this weekend.. will be good....nothing can get worse right now with me..so.. I'm going to State!
As I conclude this big mumbo jumbo of thoughts I want to say I lost 1.4 pounds this week at WW..and I have lost 9.2 pounds so far and my 5% goal is 9.5..so I am so close..that made my day brighter yesterday...
As a disclaimer I know I am not the first person in the history of the world to have a flooded basement and lose stuff or to not have flood insurance and all that... I get that and understand that... this is a place I share what is going on with my life; whiney or not...you chose to read this..so please don't think to yourself..wow she needs to get over it b.c. this is what is going on in my life right now....as a young family..we just don't have thousands of dollars laying around waiting to be spent..we have a mortgage and bills and such and 2 young kids...that only keep getting more expensive..so spare me the words of saying "everything will be fine"..b.c. I know it will be fine...I've lost stuff before but this time financially I'm gonna foot the bill b.c we are grown ups now and we chose it :).. so ya..I'm a little bit stressing..but its going to be taken care of... and Someday..me and Jake are gonna say...remember in 2011 when we got so much rain and melting snow we had water clear up to the top of our steps in that little house in Lafayette and how Sondra just couldn't beleive it but said "Her Daddy will fix it"... yup its going to be a memory..
In all circumstances I am praising God.. it could have been a lot worse.. it could have came up into our house...and really ruined a lot of stuff..and then we would have been in a lot of trouble...thank God we had someone praying for us that night just b.c. I had popped up in her head...I really think that helped..I thank God we didn't have to be evacuated or anything and none of our kid's special memories were ruined b.c. thankfully we kept them upstairs...I thank God I have family that has helped already in these past few days...and are still willing to do more...I am thankful I have family calling and friends to just checking in and praying for us...I appreciate that and please continue..
I'm hoping when I come back from state most of the damp moisture is gone and the whole house don't still smell like a basement and the Carbon Monoxide thing quits beeping.....I pray that there isn't bad mold I'm sure it is unpreventable but I have one kid with allergies and Stuart shows signs of allergies too...so that would be bad to have.. keep that on your list..
I will update next week ;)
You're so right that it's all just stuff... but my gramma's basement flooded too during this mess and I saw it yesterday. STILL at two foot of awful sewer water. I would be heartbroken too and devastated at the process to come! I said a little prayer for you and god has already blessed you with an amazing family and dedicated husband... just look at this as an opportunity to work hard (extra excersise), spend time together and spruce up and organize what was damaged. I'm so sorry this happened to you guys, but put on a smile and get through it together! :)
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Emily..you are a absolute doll and I love you for that!..Thank you for the encouraging note. You just brightened up my day :)
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