Seriously!

Today started out a typical day, nothing out of the ordinary. During Olivia's 2nd nap I also laid down to catch some zzz's only to be woken up to an odd noise a mere 15 minutes later. Was is raining out? If so, it was pouring! No...I don't think it is raining, but what is that noise? Crap....it better not be....I ran down stairs only to have my worst fears confirmed. The washing machine was draining onto the floor instead of into the drain. I quickly walked through the 2+inches of water to turn off the washing machine (which was my last load of 7). Now what?? My mind raced with what I should do. I stopped the dryer and pulled out the towels that I had just washed and started throwing them all over the place while quickly realizing that even if I had another 50 towels there wouldn't be enough for all the water that was quickly soaking into the hallway carpet! :( I called Greg just so he could get me to think straight. I went to the garage to quickly convert the shop vac into a wet vac (which took some time because we had just used it last weekend to vacuum up the garage so it was full of nastiness!) I finally got it down stairs and started sucking. Things were going well, considering. I called my mother in law and asked her to come over with her floor cleaner to suck up the water from the carpet. Oh wait....what's that I hear? Oh it's Olivia she is up from her nap...oh and she is poopy and wanting to be fed. Ughh...Ok, mom in law shows up and we tag team the mess only to be stopped short because her vacuum's motor died only 10 minutes into the process, leaving a nice black mess on the carpet. Seriously...can things get better?? So I went to the local True Value....their rental is out and they have none I can buy...they suggest the local grocery store. Yeah....success! So the majority of the mess is now cleaned up. I am currently taking a break and will resume when Greg gets home. I told Greg this morning that I wasn't feeling very motivated. I guess God decided to give me a kick in the butt to get going! :)

But I have to give a big thank you to my mother in law for all the help she gave between letting her vacuum die and watching Olivia while I sucked up more water. Her help was VERY appreciated. I don't know how I would have handled the situation without her help. Also a thank you to Greg for helping me start to think straight again. Hopefully no more situations will arise and we can all enjoy the weekend that is upon us!