Animals Two by Two

The weather has been quite unpredictable the last few days. Sunny mornings give way to rainy afternoons, it makes getting dressed for the day quite difficult. Yesterday, the rain surprised us in an even grander way by finding it's way into our little apartment.

Sarah, Maggie, and I were sitting around, eating dinner, enjoying the sound of the rain, when we happened to notice the water level on our balcony was rising. Not too alarmed, we knew there must be drains of some kind, so we continued eating. Maggie made a few jokes about getting some goldfish and having a pond. As we all laughed at that fabulous joke, I got up and immediately found myself standing in a puddle. Our "little pond" had turned into a gushing river, coming in over the lip of our balcony door, across our entire living room. The water extended from the balcony to our kitchen, a length of about 10 - 12 feet.

Maggie was quick to action. A POT! As you can see, her efforts to scoop the water out of the balcony and over the side were quite fruitless.

We ran around the apartment complex, seeking a mop and the help of, well, men. Our dear manly friends kindly unclogged our drains and helped us clean up. Our once filthy balcony is filthy no more, our living room floor got a much needed mopping, so I think we came out on top.

(Here you can see our lovely male helpers, Brian the water sweeper with his "frickin' technique!" and Matt, Sham-Wowing our kitchen floor)