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...And it's still raining
2 years ago
Apologies on the general lack of progress/updates here. x_x I'm not dead, just tired. Basement has flooded twice more since I last posted (and is still wet at the moment). Apparently this is our new normal, and I hate it. Guess the almost 75 yr old footing drains have finally given up. I have a great little crafting/studio space I organized for myself now... But it's in the basement, which currently looks like a swamp. My stuff is fine. Everything is either in plastic bins, up off the floor, or furnishings that can handle a little bit of wet.
And just to add to the chaos, the hot water heater died, the first replacement came with a leak in a place the plumber had never seen happen before despite being brand new, and it took a week or so to get all of that sorted out. And then my mom-in-law's old car developed an oil leak and she needed help getting places until we got her transportation situation squared away. Lately whenever I've actually HAD time to work on creative stuff I've been too worn out to do much. I keep hoping things will slow down so I can stop putting out fires and actually concentrate on MY projects. As it stands, I've got another couple days of shuffling things and drying out the basement (again). Then maaaaaybe I'll get some time to myself? I hope? x_x
And just to add to the chaos, the hot water heater died, the first replacement came with a leak in a place the plumber had never seen happen before despite being brand new, and it took a week or so to get all of that sorted out. And then my mom-in-law's old car developed an oil leak and she needed help getting places until we got her transportation situation squared away. Lately whenever I've actually HAD time to work on creative stuff I've been too worn out to do much. I keep hoping things will slow down so I can stop putting out fires and actually concentrate on MY projects. As it stands, I've got another couple days of shuffling things and drying out the basement (again). Then maaaaaybe I'll get some time to myself? I hope? x_x
Sucks on the basement flooding big time, I know the effects, losing 27 feet of books thanks to heavy rains and poor draining and not seeing the outcome for a month. 90% of my Editorial cartoon book collection, 40 years of collecting, lost. most irreplaceable due to low print numbers. Plus roughly 40% of my reference books destroyed as well. All my carefully preserved and stored MAD magazines from 1956-2006 lost.
Add my landlord refuses to replace my 1972 vintage hot water heater since its horrifically limed up, BUT since I get around 2-3 minutes of hot water, "It still works!".