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August 4, 2006
Flooding = Lots of Sleep
So I woke up this morning with a sore throat. I don't feel too bad, just the throat. Okay, I can deal with that. Then I walk downstairs in the basement to feed Roxy and find that our basement (which is separated into 3 different areas) is flooded in 2 of those areas. Flooded might be a bit misleading - there wasn't that much water - but it was enough to be a problem that needed taken care of right away. Our basement is already a little on the wet, musty side and it didn't need to get any worse.
Hmmm...what to do? I consulted O who was pretty worried at first. Definitely need to clean up water right away he says. The good news is is that I think the water came from an overflowing toilet (there was a water main break early in the week near our house and we had no water for about 8 hours - coincidence?) rather than a major structural problem or plumbing problem. That's at least what we are hoping. Regardless, the bad news was, the clean up effort was going to take longer than originally thought. And so neither of us went to work. O can actually work from home (which he did for about 4 hours) but me - I just called off. :) I hate calling off but I also didn't want yucky water sitting around in our basement making things all gross and whatnot.
In the end we got things mostly cleaned up. It's still a little wet down there but we are using fans and the dehumidifier as I type to dry things up. I think it will be okay. And now our basement is a lot cleaner than when we started.
In the mean time my throat is still sore but (other than cleaning up the basement) I've done nothing today but nap and rest and relax. Lots of sleeping that will hopefully nip this in the bud! I have a big race coming up - no time for being sick! It was nice that I had the day off from training too so that I could totally rest.
And so that's my story for today. :) I have a little swimming, cycling and running to do tomorrow in preparation for Sunday's race. I was just reading the race instructions for Sunday and I saw that all women start together. Ugh. That might be a brutal swim, in the river no less. But that's also good because then I know exactly who I'm racing and where I'm at. When I complain about harsh swimming conditions Coach J tells me to wait until Ironman when all 2000 entrants start together. Oh. My. God. As if swimming 2.4 miles in open water isn't intimidating enough!
Hope everyone has a great start to their weekends!
Posted by beth at August 4, 2006 6:08 PM
Comments
I was at Ironman Lake Placid last year to volunteer and watch a friend. Seeing the swim start was something amazing that I'll never forget. There was mist rising off the lake at that early hour and when the swimmers started they looked like one unit - a giant machine - all arms churning up the lake. By the way, one good thing about the swim course there is that there's a rope underwater that you can follow to keep in a straight line - if you can find it.
Posted by: EK at August 4, 2006 10:36 PM
I was at Ironman Lake Placid last year to volunteer and watch a friend. Seeing the swim start was something amazing that I'll never forget. There was mist rising off the lake at that early hour and when the swimmers started they looked like one unit - a giant machine - all arms churning up the lake. By the way, one good thing about the swim course there is that there's a rope underwater that you can follow to keep in a straight line - if you can find it.
Posted by: EK at August 4, 2006 10:37 PM