How Much Fun Is That?

SHIP'S LOG:

      Having owned boats for some 36 years, you would think I would be used to leaks by now, but not this one!

     I went out to breakfast to celebrate New Years Day ( 1st Sunday of Advent, the start of the Liturgical New Year) and when I got back t and opened the Little Hermitage's door, there was the gentle pitter-patter of rain on the roof. Unfortunately, it wasn't on the roof so much as it was on the floor, on the stove (missed the sink . . .figures) the kitchen table, the kitchen rug and the microwave. It seems that the people in the apartment on the fifth floor broke their toilet and they tired to fix it themselves . All they did was bust it further and began to overflow. It flooded their apartment, then the one on the 4th floor, then the one on the 3rd floor (mine), then the one on the second floor. It didn't flood the one on the 1st floor as there isn't one, just a stairwell which is now flooded.

     Kenny the Maintenance Dude got here is record time from Baltic and shut the water off on the 5th floor and is in the process of fixing the toilet. He then went around to check each apartment for damage. I've got ceiling  damage in a couple of place but it doesn't look too bad. I would expect that there will be work that needs to be done less it falls down.

     Personal damage . . . well the microwave got "rained on" though I am not sure it is damaged. After a couple of hours of dry-time, I'll run it to see if it works or shorts out. The cabinet it sits on got a wipe down and should be fine. The stove, again dry-time and then all the elements on and we will see what's what. It missed my computer but got the discharge paper tray of the printer, I turned it on and it ran. I'll try printing something in awhile. The kitchen rug is drip-drying in the shower. That will take a couple of days, but all-in-all not too bad. At least the apartment won't "sink!"