Okay, I know, story time. So the kids and I were having a movie night in their basement, watching Brave, when we hear the rain start. It was easy to tell it was a pretty big storm from the volume, but it wasn't enough to bother the movie so we kept watching. Then, right after Merida makes her speech about marrying for love (which is brilliant, by the way), I realize that what I'm hearing is no longer dropping as much as...well...gushing. So, of course, it's leap into action time! I'm afraid I might have freaked the kids out a bit, in my haste to identify the source of the noise and then stop it. It turns out, the window well had filled up 7-8 inches with rainwater, and since the windows aren't completely waterproof, it was leaking in. So we got a bucket, and ALL the towels in the entire house to stop up the leak and hopefully help dry out the carpet. Long story short, a lot of neighbors got called, and we put a sump pump in the window well, which worked wonders, and it's a good thing this family is remodeling- they had one of those fancy industrial fans and some of the guys knew how to set it up to dry the carpet.
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So in the end, it wasn't too stressful at all but it certainly makes a good story! We filled about a bucket and a half with water, so I'd estimate that to be 6 or 7 gallons, at least, that came through the window before we got it all fixed. Turns out the problem was that the drainpipe was right next to that window well, and since it had rained so much, the drainpipe couldn't handle it and it flooded right over into the window well. And that was my Saturday night!
Other than that, it's been a very chill weekend. We did a Kool-Aid stand yesterday afternoon, and I think I may have actually tanned, just a tiny bit. Today we went to Great-Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner, and played Apples to Apples afterwards. We've watched a few movies, and the kids rode their bikes a lot. I went with them once, and otherwise just sat outside and watched them. And we drove my car everywhere, because their van is so fancy that it's intimidating. But, the kids loved my car! Especially the manual windows that you actually roll down on your own. They were enamored with them. It made me feel a little old, but it was also a bit funny.
In conclusion, babysitting is always an adventure! I highly recommend it to people who like children and potential disaster.
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