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We’ve been without power for about two days. Storms came in and plastered the St. Louis area. Nothing too violent, thank goodness, but enough to leave over a hundred thousand of us without power. Just a quick note to let all you who care know we’re safe and will be back in business per normal on Monday.
Did seventeen pages on Saturday morning just before the skies opened up and dumped some much needed rain on us. And some not so needed serious winds. But the work got saved to a separate thumb drive so when all the tech went south, I didn’t loose the pages. Yea!
Jon just looked over my shoulder and reminded me of a not so yea, that happened during the storm. We found a leak in the new addition. Some important caulking didn’t get done in time, and the basement exercise room was leaking like a sieve. As in, flooded. Walking down the steps, you could hear water gurgling like a stream, never good indoors where there are no fountains. Our contractor rushed over and the three of us put a huge tarp over the area, weighted it down with lumber, as the second round of storms pounded us. Jon and I were both so wet we had to change clothes. Wet as in water dripping out of our hair into our faces once we went back inside. At least the second round of storms wasn’t as lightning and thunder packed. That would have been a little too exciting to be out in.
Once the exciting part was done, our contractor took a look at the exercise room. He was upset, but assured us that it was fixable, and that if something had to be ruined, drywall would be his choice. Since it was drywall, it wasn’t as big a problem as we first thought. Though the painter, who will be returning to work from a week long vacation, will be pissed. He has to paint that room over again.
Going to bed now.