The aftermath

It's exactly a week after the big flood. We've had a very surreal week. It is almost like living in a different place. On Monday, one of the houses that was submerged in Munster blew up. Like literally blew up. I was upstairs with Armaan and the whole house shook. The pictures on the walls got crooked. There was a natural gas explosion in the house, the cause of which is still uncertain. When you see the house now, all that's left is the foundation. Amazing stuff.

As for the flooding in our basement, well.. we've gone back and forth on what to do. Earlier in the week we were absolutely sure that we would need to get the carpet replaced. I was not looking forward to the unexpected expense we can't really afford. But after a week of constantly running fans, you can't smell any mold. So even though the carpet is stained beyond redemption, we think we will not replace it, but wait till we can really do it.

On top of all the basement work, the pool needed to be taken down and put away. Armaan and I spent a couple of hours taking down the pool. You can see he had a good time with it! After about four days of drying out, I finally folded the liner and put it away in the garage - ready to be brought out next year!

Priya home from school

No one feeds me