Goodness gracious it feels like we've dropped off the face of the earth. We've neglected to post any one of the many interesting things that have happened in the past couple of months, so here's a short list:
We celebrated our five-year wedding anniversary with a trip to Mendocino. We stayed at the same B&B that we visited in year two, and we had a (mostly) wonderful time (see below for explanation of "mostly"). I (Sarah) have been watching "Murder She Wrote" on Netflix lately, so I got really excited when I found Jessica Fletcher's house in the town of Mendocino. Sean was indulgent enough to take my picture in front of it.
On the actual day of our anniversary, we got a call at 9:45am saying that our apartment had been flooded by a broken toilet pipe. So, here's what happened:
Sometime on the 1st, the toilet hose broke and began filling our apartment with water (while we are several hundred miles away in Mendocino).
The flooding spills over into our neighbors apartment and he calls the maintenance guy.
Friday morning we get the call from Sarah's brother (who was checking in on the kitties) and told us what happened. They then proceeded to frantically move all of our belongings into another apartment (all while we are still away).
We stayed in the model apt. that weekend and they had new carpet in that Monday. Wheeee!
Unfortunately, the story doesn't end there. We now have a mold problem, since they didn't replace any of the drywall or molding, just the carpet. An independent inspector came out this last Saturday and today and found moisture in all but one wall about a foot of the way up AND moisture in the new carpet, because the cement didn't dry all the way.
So now, we have a large & loud dehumidifier in the living room and a air purifier in the office (also loud). Sarah and I are going to have to spend the next week in a hotel, and professionals are going to come in, move everything, clean it, replace the drywall and put everything back. Did I mention that I am in the last few weeks of the semester when projects and tests are all due? Fun.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but it will probably be awhile before we can do it again.
One last thing, Sarah and I are running a half marathon this Saturday! That's 13.1 miles. Piece of cake.
Update Tuesday 4/27 11:30am: The mold remediation people say it's probably going to be 2 weeks, not 1. At least we're staying in a suite with a full kitchen and our cats.
