zjrog

So I got home from work last night, heard water in the basement... Uh oh, sub zero temps the night before, not good... Opened the door, and man, it was like walking into a DC Wet Trainer!!!! *I* forgot to turn off my sprinklers last fall!!! Shut the valve off... Spent the evening moving stuff around, used the shopvac to pick up low lying water... Floor drain works! Nice to live at the top of the hill so the water flows DOWNhill quite well. Took half a day off to get more done. Moving the plastic tubs about (man that was a great idea!!!), but there were some boxes that got wet. Mostly kids stuff. Will get it all done this weekend. Wish it were warmer (even in the 30s) so I could open windows for a bit to get some humidity out.

This evening, my wife and I are going to go meet a kid we almost adopted. That was.... 17 years ago. He was 15 then. He was a foster kid and we parted under less than pleasant terms. He recently reached out to us, APOLOGIZED for being a "punk" (his word...). Had a nice chat with him on the phone this evening, he and his family are in the area for the week, and I just can't let this go without seeing how he grew up. In a way, he has always been family. We just wondered what happened to him all this time... I'm nervous, and I can't tell you why.

I should get some sleep. I'm tired and sore all over from moving my stuff around the basement... And I gotta see my doc in a few hours....