AND NOAH GATHERED THE ANIMALS TWO BY TWO...

You know that expression, when it rains it pours? Well, it's a lie. When it rains it floods. On Saturday morning we woke up to a basement filled with OVER THREE INCHES OF AGUA!!

I probably added another inch with my tears and maybe another half inch in spit from all the swearing.

After a solid week of rain, the ground literally welled up beneath us and delivered a little over 140 GALLONS OF WATER to our fully finished downstairs basement!!

The entire state of Massacusetts is reeling from the flood, but areas like Brockton got hit especially hard. Our neighbors across the street have suddenly discovered they own water front property. I kid you not. A sixty foot wide "lake" has formed in our friend's back yard. His shed, where he keeps his mower and stuff, is half submerged.

Oh... and did I forget to mention we spent a couple thousand dollars this past summer to have the downstairs recarpeted? :(

On Saturday we hired a company to come in and save us. They pumped out all the water, lifted the carpet, removed all the padding underneath, disinfected the carpet and left a couple of blowers to dry it. We'll have to hire someone else to come in with new padding to reinstall our now "suspended" carpet. We were also lucky enough to have celebrities like P-Diddy(Uncle Paul), Chuck D (Uncle Chuck-it) and Eazy-E (Uncle Ed Menghi) come over and help us move stuff into temporary storage in our outdoor shed. Thank you, guys!!

In 30 years, this basement hasn't seen a single drop of water... then we moved in.

Yippee.

Yesterday, Joli asked me if we could put fish down in the basement.

That kid is funny.

Love-- The Dad

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