This next series started as a Facebook post on November 12, 2017 – 1 month ago today.
11/5/17
Rang bells early service
Water running up the hall.
Rug doctor from Giant. Grease
Tom took out rug in our bedroom.
11/13/17
Still trying to sop up water. It was wet under Tom’s desk.
11/14/17
What a fiasco – our water damage last weekend has turned into a possible big construction project with us moving out for a couple weeks or so
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I’m trying to find a place to stay – and found that our dog Mimi may cost $150 a night extra, at least the first place I looked.
Friday, they’re bringing a Pod to remove everything from 2 bedrooms+closets, Tom’s office, linen closet, one bathroom, a long hall…
That’s just for the demolition. Then comes reconstruction.
At least I don’t have to move the piano (yet).
Happy Thanksgiving! Also looking for open restaurants to eat at on Thanksgiving except for Bob Evans. LOL.
11/15
Our “plan” At the moment.
I’ve gotten 2 rooms for the hotel that Jean suggested for next week but we hope we don’t have to stay there!
I’ve ordered a blow-up mattress from amazon for the living room in case we can stay here. http://amzn.to/2zJFc9k
We’re pretty sure that the people aren’t going to be working on Thanksgiving so I’ve ordered a whole, cooked meal (except for desserts) from Wegmans. I’ll pick that up on Wednesday.
Thursday, after the Virginia Run Turkey Trot, we’ll come here, reheat the Wegmans stuff, have a “normal” Thanksgiving, then cards, piano duets, then retreat to our hotels or blow up mattress…
11/16
We have a guy from the “catastrophe team” here now taking pictures and making sketches. I sure didn’t like that term!
Water damage update November 25.
We’re going from bad to worse here
The original water was 11/12/17 Here we are nearly 2 weeks later and things have stalled.
On Wednesday of this week, our demo guys left midday (maybe wanted to start Thanksgiving early. They said we needed some sort of Industrial Hygienist to come in and test whatever is now growing in the carpet for 10 days. Then, they put plastic doors over 2 bedrooms. Like that isn’t going to make stuff grow faster.
IH 1 was on his way to Maine for Thanksgiving. IH 2 didn’t respond to voicemail until Friday (yesterday).
IH 1 recommended IH 3 who was able to come out yesterday morning and take samples to her lab – all before IH 2 got back to us.
The demo guys won’t be back until Monday. Of course, the stuff is still growing, even more behind those plastic-sealed doors.
Our Wegmans box of Thanksgiving went well, though and we’re having a great visit with son and fiance, even if the whole thing is a little weird.
This will always be a Thanksgiving to Remember.
