Entry tags:

car, house, water

The Fickle Finger of Fate
Quick update for those who weren't already aware; last Sunday was something of an interesting day. I'm still not sure whether it turned out to my advantage or not.

On my way to grysar's party on Sunday (and practically in his backyard, too), I managed to crash into an SUV while trying to turn around. The airbag actually hit me this time, because I was leaning forward a little, so I got kind of beat up - but I think most of it's because the airbag ripped my sunglasses off. As of Tuesday, they're not sure whether or not my car is a total loss. Hopefully, it's repairable; that'll be much cheaper.

arterich stopped by the accident scene to help out; turns out he hadn't gotten to the party yet, but was only half a mile away. So, an hour later, we finally got to Greg's party. Yay!

I had originally asked Omar if I could get a ride back to my place, since he was travelling roughly in that direction, but I wound up getting a ride back to my house from Andrew and Monica, since they offered, and it let me stay at the party longer.

Good thing too. Monica had never been to my place before, so I gave the tour, and found that a small water leak in one of the pipes in the basement caused the ceiling to collapse! In all likelyhood, if I hadn't been down there to show the house, I'd not likely have noticed the problem until after I got back from the trip, and if I did notice it, it would have been Tuesday evening during the Eberron game, and the water problem would have been much worse.

I got the pipe patched up Monday morning with some assistance from my parents, and the floor is cleaned up now, so I just need to get the ceiling replaced.

Since my air conditioning isn't working properly, Omar also volunteered to put his dehumidifier in my basement to help with drying out the carpet, which as of Tuesday night, was still pretty damp.