yesterday i wanted to be at disneyland for one more disney day and 24 hours of goodness. and then i thought about how many people would be there and decided i'd really rather go at one of our "usual" times when the crowds are minimal.
i woke up yesterday thinking about how in 2012 i got one more day to celebrate life and have amazing opportunities at asu. one more day to show the people i love how much i love them. one more day to prove that i am passionate about what i do.
but yesterday didn't necessarily turn out how i had envisioned it. after a tiring day of work, i looked forward to an evening of camping out on my bed, eating dinner, and watching a movie to fall asleep early. i took a shower and after turning the water off i could still hear water running in the kitchen. thinking it was strange, i wrapped myself in my towel to go see what i assumed would be my kitchen sink. instead, i found the vent in my kitchen squirting brown water everywhere and a puddle gathering on the floor. i hurried to get dressed and called the pro-staff on duty for the night to get maintenance out. the cas in the building i live in are trained to turn the water off, so i ran to the the desk and got them. 10 minutes later, we arrived back at my apartment to find that the water had flooded into the hallway. opening the door, there was 1.5 inches of standing water. everywhere. living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom. water was coming out of my closet ceiling and covering my clothes, and it was also spewing out in the bathroom.
as the cas worked to turn water off, i ran around unplugging everything and trying to save what i could. because my apartment doesn't have a lot of storage space, most everything i have for scrapbooking, extra linens, my suitcases, and even some of my kitchen utensils are stored under my bed. i tried to throw what i could up on my bed and onto surfaces, but most everything that was on the floor was already ruined.
my shoes and most of my clothes are ruined. of course, my closet ceiling collapsed while we were out and my clothes all landed in the water. the burst in my ceiling was right where my dress clothes were hanging and all of my wool pants, skirts, and dry-clean only items are most likely done for being both soaking wet and covered in brown muck. scrapbooking paper ruined. cookbooks on top of my fridge ruined. cards and photos from people i love on my fridge ruined. my gone with the wind poster ruined. quite honestly, it's awful and i feel ill thinking about how everything about my life is in chaos right now.
i stayed so calm last night. i didn't even cry or have a panic attack even though i felt like i could do both at any second. i stayed with the secondary on call and the acd on-duty while we figured out what to do. i was moved to a temporary apartment while the apartment i'm supposed to live in anyway (long story, but basically i should have only been in this student apartment temporarily) is prepared. the director of housing called me at 10:15 pm just to make sure i was okay. i was given the day off to take care of things. they are professionally laundering all of my clothes in hopes to save them. we're hoping that i can file a claim and that all of my damaged items can be replaced. another acd let me stay at his apartment for the night. someone took my duty today so i could focus on relocating.
it's going to be okay. it's just crazy and something i never thought i'd have to deal with. and it's definitely not how i wanted to spend my extra day of 2012.
i woke up yesterday thinking about how in 2012 i got one more day to celebrate life and have amazing opportunities at asu. one more day to show the people i love how much i love them. one more day to prove that i am passionate about what i do.
but yesterday didn't necessarily turn out how i had envisioned it. after a tiring day of work, i looked forward to an evening of camping out on my bed, eating dinner, and watching a movie to fall asleep early. i took a shower and after turning the water off i could still hear water running in the kitchen. thinking it was strange, i wrapped myself in my towel to go see what i assumed would be my kitchen sink. instead, i found the vent in my kitchen squirting brown water everywhere and a puddle gathering on the floor. i hurried to get dressed and called the pro-staff on duty for the night to get maintenance out. the cas in the building i live in are trained to turn the water off, so i ran to the the desk and got them. 10 minutes later, we arrived back at my apartment to find that the water had flooded into the hallway. opening the door, there was 1.5 inches of standing water. everywhere. living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom. water was coming out of my closet ceiling and covering my clothes, and it was also spewing out in the bathroom.
as the cas worked to turn water off, i ran around unplugging everything and trying to save what i could. because my apartment doesn't have a lot of storage space, most everything i have for scrapbooking, extra linens, my suitcases, and even some of my kitchen utensils are stored under my bed. i tried to throw what i could up on my bed and onto surfaces, but most everything that was on the floor was already ruined.
my shoes and most of my clothes are ruined. of course, my closet ceiling collapsed while we were out and my clothes all landed in the water. the burst in my ceiling was right where my dress clothes were hanging and all of my wool pants, skirts, and dry-clean only items are most likely done for being both soaking wet and covered in brown muck. scrapbooking paper ruined. cookbooks on top of my fridge ruined. cards and photos from people i love on my fridge ruined. my gone with the wind poster ruined. quite honestly, it's awful and i feel ill thinking about how everything about my life is in chaos right now.
i stayed so calm last night. i didn't even cry or have a panic attack even though i felt like i could do both at any second. i stayed with the secondary on call and the acd on-duty while we figured out what to do. i was moved to a temporary apartment while the apartment i'm supposed to live in anyway (long story, but basically i should have only been in this student apartment temporarily) is prepared. the director of housing called me at 10:15 pm just to make sure i was okay. i was given the day off to take care of things. they are professionally laundering all of my clothes in hopes to save them. we're hoping that i can file a claim and that all of my damaged items can be replaced. another acd let me stay at his apartment for the night. someone took my duty today so i could focus on relocating.
it's going to be okay. it's just crazy and something i never thought i'd have to deal with. and it's definitely not how i wanted to spend my extra day of 2012.
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