Just when your head's above water, it decides to pour. I mean this in the literal sense. Last week was one of the worst I've had in a long time. Flood and sickness reigned on high.
Monday it came a monsoon here in Knoxville. We were under a tornado warning and a flood warning at the same time. I had both Jareth and Bella, the little girl I keep a few days a week. I rushed them downstairs after being told to "take cover" by the local news. They were a little off put by the thunder but went to playing immediately. Not an hour later I noticed a big wet spot in the floor near the play area. At first I thought one of the kids has spilled their sippy cups and went to clean it up. But after the second towel I was using was soaked and there was still a big wet spot I realized my basement was flooding. We had just gotten new furniture down there and re-decorated. Ugh. So, I put the kids in a pack n play and got to work moving as much furniture as I could into the garage. My dad came that evening and helped Jon pull up all the carpet and used a shop vac to clean up the standing water. We ran fans all night and all day Tuesday in an effort to dry the concrete as fast as we could.
Tuesday morning, around 3:30 am, I was woken up by the rumbling of my tummy. I proceeded to vomit for the next 24 hours. I experienced the worst stomach cramps I've ever endured. I can only relate them to labor pain, and I'm not over dramatizing it. Jon came home for a long lunch and I almost had him take me to the ER. The pain lasted about an hour and then I was out. Jareth and I both napped (thank God) for four hours!
Wednesday morning, around 4:00 am, Jonathan was awakened with the same rumbling in his tummy that I had experienced the day before. He had to call into work and was sick all day. But the worst part of it was when I was awakened around 7:00 am by Jareth's shrill cries. He was covered head to toe in vomit and diarrhea. Gagging, I took him straight to the bathroom and put him in the tub, clothes and all. Then I stripped him down, yelling for Jon to bring me a bag for his dirty clothes. He was given two baths and the tub was bleached. Jareth and Jon both were sick all day.
Thursday, we all felt better so Jon went back to work and I took it upon myself to bleach my entire house. I washed all the bed clothes, wiped down all the walls and toys I could find. I mopped, cleaned the toilet, and sprayed Lysol absolutely everywhere. It started raining again that night and we were so nervous about the basement. I just knew I was going to wake up to more standing water.
Friday, I was again awakened by Jareth bawling early in the morning. He was covered in vomit and diarrhea again. I wanted to cry. So, again, we went straight to the bathroom. I decided I should call the doctor because Jareth wouldn't eat or drink anything at all and he was just puny. Jareth and I spent the afternoon at the doctor's office. If you are a mom, you know how that goes. Later that day, Jareth was doing much better. He was finally eating and drinking and was in good spirit. When Jon got home we decided to tackle the basement issue. We went to Home Depot to look at flooring and talk to a specialist. I decided it would be a good idea to paint since the carpet was pulled up and the furniture was gone. Jon didn't really want to, but I was able to persuade him. We left with two gallons of paint and an appointment for someone to come measure the basement. Oh, and it started to rain again. Perfect.
Saturday morning I began painting. Jareth was a doll and played upstairs while I painted downstairs. Don't worry, I checked on him often and he was totally fine the whole time. I did realize however that the "blue-grey" paint I had picked out was actually "purple-grey." A beautiful color but not exactly what we had in mind. Oh well, I'm not going back! When Jon got home and got over the fact that we had a slightly purple basement, we got half the room done.
Sunday we finished painting and Jon put up new light fixture in the play area. We also made another trip to Home Depot for gutter tubing that will help keep water away from the house. (So far, so good)
Monday the lady from Home Depot came and took a measurement of the basement for flooring. We got our quote for the carpet. It wasn't too bad, but it will have to go on the credit card. So much for being debt free. Oh, and Home Depot said that the carpet may take a week to come in and then we would be put on a "list."
Did I happen to mention it's a week later and it's STILL RAINING!? March is quickly becoming my least favorite month.
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