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ways_back_room2007-06-20 11:41 pm
gethenian.livejournal.com) wrote in ways_back_room2007-06-20 11:41 pm
this... could take a while.
SO! People I was talking to about 45 minutes ago? Y'know how I said I'd be gone taking a shower for about 45 minutes? Well um... it's going to be a wee bit longer than that. When I came downstairs, I found our kitchen flooded, because the dishwasher had malfunctioned. My mom and dad had already opened it to stop the cycle, and I took over getting the water up with paper towels. So my mom asked me to go down to the laundry room and get the wash so she could fold it. When I went down to do so, I noticed it was raining in the basement.
Rather hard.
And not stopping, as it logically should since I'd gotten all the water off the floor.
SO when I went back upstairs, I found the kitchen flooded AGAIN. Covering the floor with bath towels and attempting to drain the dishwasher proved fruitless, because the water pooled in the dishwasher was actually... getting... hotter.
It was like a bad sci-fi show.
So I go get my dad out of bed to have him turn off the water, because I don't know where the valve is. We do that, the water FINALLY stops flowing into the dishwasher, and just to be safe, I spent about 20 minutes bailing it out with a dishcloth and salad bowl.
This has been the last hour of my life.
And so... if I didn't need a shower before, I DAMN well need one now. I'll be back online in about an hour. Unless the basement ceiling collapses, or the watermain breaks, or the sink explodes, or the gremlins hiding under the immense pile of stuff in the basement under the leak suddenly morph and eat everybody, or the Pope shows up at the door, or my karma cancels out and I cease to exist in this universe.
...yes, today has been a fascinating day even beyond this episode.
This has totally been the longest "brb" note EVER.
You're welcome.
Rather hard.
And not stopping, as it logically should since I'd gotten all the water off the floor.
SO when I went back upstairs, I found the kitchen flooded AGAIN. Covering the floor with bath towels and attempting to drain the dishwasher proved fruitless, because the water pooled in the dishwasher was actually... getting... hotter.
It was like a bad sci-fi show.
So I go get my dad out of bed to have him turn off the water, because I don't know where the valve is. We do that, the water FINALLY stops flowing into the dishwasher, and just to be safe, I spent about 20 minutes bailing it out with a dishcloth and salad bowl.
This has been the last hour of my life.
And so... if I didn't need a shower before, I DAMN well need one now. I'll be back online in about an hour. Unless the basement ceiling collapses, or the watermain breaks, or the sink explodes, or the gremlins hiding under the immense pile of stuff in the basement under the leak suddenly morph and eat everybody, or the Pope shows up at the door, or my karma cancels out and I cease to exist in this universe.
...yes, today has been a fascinating day even beyond this episode.
This has totally been the longest "brb" note EVER.
You're welcome.
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Definitely can understand.