Flood Damage

So Xanadu survived the over-hyped hurricane.

However, we still got some flood damage.

Due to the mass exodus from Houston and everybody needing to make their way back home, most of the school districts decided to give us until Wednesday to return to school. A nice break, but we'll be paying for it later...

Anyhow, 40 decided to utilize this time to the best of her advantage and take care of some household things. Like cleaning. And running the dishwasher. Unfortunately, we were entirely out of dishwasher detergent, so 40 filled the little cups with dishwashing soap.

Shortly after the load began, I wandered into the kitchen and noticed a good sized spewing of suds oozing from the dishwasher. (It was at this point that I inquired as to the nature of the cleaning element used for that load of dishes, and discovered what she'd done.) Having once performed a similar experiment, (granted, at the age of 8) I warned 40 that maybe this wasn't such a good idea. "Nah," she says. "We'll just use it to mop the floor later..."

Feeling a little precarious, I head to my bedroom and take a shower. Thirty minutes later, I return to the kitchen.

It's completely flooded.

40 awakens from her nap, and it took the two of us a good hour to dispel all the water from the kitchen.

And yet, the vinyl tiling still squishes a little and spurts pockets of suds when we walk.

oh joy.