My apologies for leaving you all in the dark for so long. When we last spoke, I was on my way to Pomona for a work related conference. Well, many things have taken place since that day I departed for Southern California. The two posts below will go into great detail about what happened a week ago. After you read about last Saturday and the Interior Storm of the Century, you will come to an understanding of why I have left Proud Gemini abandoned. So, go ahead and read Bathroom Oriented Tempest and then come back to this post.
Over the week, there hasn’t been much improvement in the house. Servpro called and explained that the water isn’t being absorbed properly from the vinyl floors of the bathroom so they will have to remove all the floor covering from both bathrooms. Plus, the water was collecting into the ceiling of the garage, so they will have to tear apart the garage to get the moisture out. Luckily, they will be working on one bathroom at a time, so the ground zero bathroom they started working on first and once that’s done, then they will work on the downstairs one. The garage, they needed us to empty it out. Unfortunately, the garage was a giant storage room for us, we all had extra furniture that we weren’t using, there were all kinds of boxes and storage bins, my bike, and random odds and ends. All of this had to be removed. Also, it was raining this week so we couldn’t put any of this stuff in the back, so we had to put them in the house.
Kyle’s room became a greater storage room since it had the items from the closet too. He is officially not living here while the damages are being repaired. After trying to get as many objects in his room, there were still some pieces that couldn’t fit. So, now our house is even more awkward. Not only do we still have the dehumidifiers everywhere, and Eric’s bedroom in our living room, we have miscellaneous furniture pieces and other things placed in various parts of the house, like a giant cabinet in our doorway, a bed frame in the downstairs hallway next to the giant dehumidifier that takes up most of the space down there.
Speaking of the dehumidifiers; these things are insane and intimidating. They are on 24/7 sucking all things are wet. They have hoses connected to them and the ends are placed in the nearest sinks, so randomly little spits of water spurt out into the bathroom sinks. The problem with them is that they have the loudest humming noise, and having seven of them in the house will do some damage. One is right by my bedroom door so my sleeping schedule is a bit shot. Plus, the moisture sucking aspect goes further then making the floor boards dry, they suck the moisture out of your own throat (and your plants too). Due to this, my body is whacked since I wake up dehydrated every morning, and my allergies are insane since the carpets are all gone and the machines are stirring all kinds of things into the air.
The garage has been worked on; we have no walls or a ceiling in there. It looks like they are building a new garage. The upstairs bathroom is being rebuilt almost, the toilet is still detached, no floor whatsoever. Eric has made himself comfortable in the living room, Kyle’s room looks like a public storage facility, the machines have taken over the house, and when you walk in, there is a haze of depression. Eric and I both realized that we just don’t like going home but we can’t do much since we are pretty broke (coughing up that deposit check did some damage on my bank account). There still isn’t a timeline of any kind for when the repairs will be done, and we’re still not sure about the insurance part of it all.
Anyway, sorry I don’t have anything really uplifting for you all. Feel free to share your recent moments in life, hopefully they’re a bit more on the bright side.
Over the week, there hasn’t been much improvement in the house. Servpro called and explained that the water isn’t being absorbed properly from the vinyl floors of the bathroom so they will have to remove all the floor covering from both bathrooms. Plus, the water was collecting into the ceiling of the garage, so they will have to tear apart the garage to get the moisture out. Luckily, they will be working on one bathroom at a time, so the ground zero bathroom they started working on first and once that’s done, then they will work on the downstairs one. The garage, they needed us to empty it out. Unfortunately, the garage was a giant storage room for us, we all had extra furniture that we weren’t using, there were all kinds of boxes and storage bins, my bike, and random odds and ends. All of this had to be removed. Also, it was raining this week so we couldn’t put any of this stuff in the back, so we had to put them in the house.
Kyle’s room became a greater storage room since it had the items from the closet too. He is officially not living here while the damages are being repaired. After trying to get as many objects in his room, there were still some pieces that couldn’t fit. So, now our house is even more awkward. Not only do we still have the dehumidifiers everywhere, and Eric’s bedroom in our living room, we have miscellaneous furniture pieces and other things placed in various parts of the house, like a giant cabinet in our doorway, a bed frame in the downstairs hallway next to the giant dehumidifier that takes up most of the space down there.
Speaking of the dehumidifiers; these things are insane and intimidating. They are on 24/7 sucking all things are wet. They have hoses connected to them and the ends are placed in the nearest sinks, so randomly little spits of water spurt out into the bathroom sinks. The problem with them is that they have the loudest humming noise, and having seven of them in the house will do some damage. One is right by my bedroom door so my sleeping schedule is a bit shot. Plus, the moisture sucking aspect goes further then making the floor boards dry, they suck the moisture out of your own throat (and your plants too). Due to this, my body is whacked since I wake up dehydrated every morning, and my allergies are insane since the carpets are all gone and the machines are stirring all kinds of things into the air.
The garage has been worked on; we have no walls or a ceiling in there. It looks like they are building a new garage. The upstairs bathroom is being rebuilt almost, the toilet is still detached, no floor whatsoever. Eric has made himself comfortable in the living room, Kyle’s room looks like a public storage facility, the machines have taken over the house, and when you walk in, there is a haze of depression. Eric and I both realized that we just don’t like going home but we can’t do much since we are pretty broke (coughing up that deposit check did some damage on my bank account). There still isn’t a timeline of any kind for when the repairs will be done, and we’re still not sure about the insurance part of it all.
Anyway, sorry I don’t have anything really uplifting for you all. Feel free to share your recent moments in life, hopefully they’re a bit more on the bright side.
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