Ugh.
Well, the past few days have just sucked. Here's the summary:
Bad:
-Basement flooded b/c of the flash floods/Hurricane-winds here in the Seattle the past couple days.
-My room is in the basement, along with all my worldly possessions.
-The water may have caused structural damage to the walls/foundation that will need to be fixed. This is not cheap.
-My room will have to be recarpeted. This is not cheap.
-I am now sleeping on a cot in the den upstairs, and will probably be doing so over Christmas.
-I have a sinus infection, that is putting so much pressure on the roots of my teeth, that it is making the teeth themselves hurt, which is giving me headaches.
-My Christmas packages to people will be late.
Good:
-All my family is okay.
-I lost relatively few of my belongings.
-Good reminder for me not to get too attached to material things.
-Caused me to go through all my stuff, due to limited storage space, so: am donating a bunch of stuff I don't really need, and am throwing away a bunch of stuff that should've been tossed a long time ago.
-Thus, this is sort of like a cleansing/purification of sorts.
-Though we lost power for the first 15 hours or so, we got it back yesterday, so we didn't have to do clean up in the dark and cold. We are MUCH luckier than most in the Puget Sound right now.
-I am fighting off this sinus infection. Should be gone (hopefully!) in a day or two.
-My Eli is wonderful and came over and helped with all of it, even though I was cranky, upset and moody, and snapped at him multiple times. He never stopped being wonderful and loving and supportive. I am a lucky, lucky girl.
-We might get snow in the next day or two.
CONCLUSION: I am very blessed. I am very grateful that things aren't nearly as bad as they could be, though my mood is still a little cranky/frustrated.
Prayers and/or chocolate are gratefully accepted. :)
Bad:
-Basement flooded b/c of the flash floods/Hurricane-winds here in the Seattle the past couple days.
-My room is in the basement, along with all my worldly possessions.
-The water may have caused structural damage to the walls/foundation that will need to be fixed. This is not cheap.
-My room will have to be recarpeted. This is not cheap.
-I am now sleeping on a cot in the den upstairs, and will probably be doing so over Christmas.
-I have a sinus infection, that is putting so much pressure on the roots of my teeth, that it is making the teeth themselves hurt, which is giving me headaches.
-My Christmas packages to people will be late.
Good:
-All my family is okay.
-I lost relatively few of my belongings.
-Good reminder for me not to get too attached to material things.
-Caused me to go through all my stuff, due to limited storage space, so: am donating a bunch of stuff I don't really need, and am throwing away a bunch of stuff that should've been tossed a long time ago.
-Thus, this is sort of like a cleansing/purification of sorts.
-Though we lost power for the first 15 hours or so, we got it back yesterday, so we didn't have to do clean up in the dark and cold. We are MUCH luckier than most in the Puget Sound right now.
-I am fighting off this sinus infection. Should be gone (hopefully!) in a day or two.
-My Eli is wonderful and came over and helped with all of it, even though I was cranky, upset and moody, and snapped at him multiple times. He never stopped being wonderful and loving and supportive. I am a lucky, lucky girl.
-We might get snow in the next day or two.
CONCLUSION: I am very blessed. I am very grateful that things aren't nearly as bad as they could be, though my mood is still a little cranky/frustrated.
Prayers and/or chocolate are gratefully accepted. :)