The weather in the Chicagoland area has been abysmal the past couple of weeks. I think we're in our second week of this rainy, gloomy weather. Today, my sons' school called and canceled classes just as we were pulling out of the driveway to leave for school. I figured since we were in the car, I would drive to my office and pick up my laptop so I could work from home. Before I even got to the next street, I heard on the radio that the Edens and the Kennedy were closed due to flooding which means that any hope of getting my lap top were dashed.
I turned around to go back to the house with my sons and tried to log on to my company's VPN only to find that our Internet wasn't working. When I ran to the basement to get to the router, I noticed a pool of water collecting in the middle of the basement floor. SEEPAGE!!!! I threw a towel over it and took a look at the router. The way that it was set up was a total clusterf---k because there were extension chords everywhere. I cleaned up the spaghetti bowl and reset the router and then started to clean up the seepage.
The past few days have been spent dealing with a sewer line that was clogged by tree roots, paying for my attorney, and balancing work, home, and any semblance of a personal life. It's not unlike any regular week - except for the sewer line and seepage issues - but throw in almost 2 weeks of gloomy days and it's a little much. By the time I got everything working properly and the boy were in their room playing, I sat on the living room ottoman and lost it. It was an ugly silent cry and thankfully, short lived. Pitty parties aren't much fun or productive but they happen. Five minutes later, I blew my nose and wiped my tears away. Ever since then I've been on converence calls. * Sigh *
