Clogged
Clogged toilet and running water — bad combination. Water was flowing for one hour from bath room floor to the living room…. damage seems not too bad. Good I woke up at 3am, could have been much worse in the morning.
Water
Clogged toilet and running water — bad combination. Water was flowing for one hour from bath room floor to the living room…. damage seems not too bad. Good I woke up at 3am, could have been much worse in the morning.
Water Damage
Two nights ago we had our first severe water/house event. The toilet in the bathroom on our master bedroom level was clogged. That alone of course is not a problem but at the same time our water tank sometimes does not shut off properly and the water keeps running. Not a good thing of course but not a disaster by itself. Of course mixing up those two problems is a highly dangerous mix. I woke up after one hour of sleep it was 3am and heart a load water dripping like in a major rainfall but kind of not muffled enough such that it caught my attention. I went to the bathroom and saw it mostly flooded the water still running. I stopped the water unclogged the toilet went down to the living room and saw the water pooring through our ceiling and into the basement.
I woke Ana to help me and while I cleaned up the living room she took care of the bathroom. The basement luckily enough is self cleaning, the water drained out at the lowest point and the humidity is taken care of by the dehumidifier 🙂
Ana called the home insurance and they will come by on Tuesday….. The ceiling does not look good but imagine I would not have woken up. By now bathroom and living room are dry but the ceiling of course needs some time to dry out. I increased the temperature in the house to help the drying process, it should help.
Game Time
Cold winter evenings when it is dark outside and nothing much to do, our living room turns into the WII gaming hall. The dress code is not exactly formal but we do have standard while enjoying ourselves. A picture of how Markus and Ivan today took on all other teams in dodge ball and won the Tournament.
Art Work in the Office at MIT
Today Ana is going to the doctor and left me the three youngest…. This was of course during a Higgs to Gamma Gamma meeting but that was not the worse. Blaki just pooped into his diapers so hard that it had been flowing out for a while. And Ana just indicated he might need some cleaning. Well, he ended up running around in a diaper, his jacket and his shoes 🙂
Meanwhile though Gisele and Markus became productive, they painted two wonderful pictures which I attach below.
Tired?
Need coffee….
Blake – Bath Room Pictures
Blake in one of his favorite places — our bathroom — with his favorite bathroom toy — our toothbrush.
Shoveling in the Blizzard
February 1 and 2 we had a hole lot of snow coming down. I had just returned from CERN and was glad I could help Ana take care of some of the snow of this pretty rough season. While I had been away Ana took care of good 2 feet of snow and it made me feel bad that I could not help her while at CERN.
So it was a great opportunity to work on my guilty feelings, and my shoveling went much easier.
Travel luck
Connecting flight in Montreal got canceled. Is my luck running out?