Eyes on the Prize - A Real Life Update

[kitewithfish]

There has been a lot going on the past few weeks!

- I am looking for a new job. (Doing this while I still have one is quite nice.)  The business I work for showed some bad signs before the pandemic and doubled down on those during the pandemic, and seems to be trying to pretend that didn't happen - since people seem to be hiring again now, I'm looking!  One of my colleagues, a hero, left on 24 hours notice after being very clear for several months that she was not pleased with where things were heading. I adore her. 
- I broke a tooth/ lost a filling and am going to have to do some long delayed dental upkeep. It's stable for now and the temporary filling will be replaced in a couple of weeks. 
- Our basement flooded slightly after two weeks of unrelenting rain - only about an inch or two of water, and our Wonderful Wet/Dry Vacuum did a champion job glugging it all out of the basement, but it was the worst we have seen and it is clearly time to start looking at ways to waterproof this thing. Measures have been taken to make the sump pump more effective and we're running a dehumidifier all the time to help it out. 

Comments

[tei]

Oh nooooo, Basement Stuff is the worst. Though a wet/dry vacuum sounds very helpful, I've actually never heard of that before!

Good luck with the job hunt!

[kitewithfish]

Oh, god, I am absolutely in love with the wet/dry vac now (Ridgid is the brand) - total lifesaver here. We mostly use it for cleaning up wood dust, but it *can* hold ten gallons of water, and oooph, we would have been in bad shape trying to run a bucket brigade on this. We didn't even realize that one of the nozzles was specifically for water and THAT made it much faster to move the water around.

[yourlibrarian]

Yikes to the flooding and dental problems but good to hear you'll be getting that treated soon.

[kitewithfish]

Thanks! I have a plan in place, so I'm feeling I'm gonna be fine in the long term!

[tropicsbear]

Best of luck on the job hunt!

[kitewithfish]

Thank you!

[spikedluv]

Flooded basements is so a thing right now! I'm glad you got yours emptied without TOO much trouble.

Good luck on the job hunt! (And the dental stuff.)

[kitewithfish]

It was very dramatic, but not damaging, so I think we're going to be okay!
Thank you!