day 5

can I just say how done I am with this rental house we are in.  Thats right, it has lost its "home" title- I have deferred it back down to just a house.  I would just like to give you a picture of what happened to me & my friend Lindsey in December:  

Well, today, although I do not have a picture for you... it was worse! Way worse!  As I was getting dressed this morning, I flushed the toilet-- you'd think such an innocent thing to do-- but no, water came a'flowin. Big time.  Through the bathroom, into the hallway... water everywhere.  I tried to be smart about it & try to turn the toilet water off, but my strength failed me.  So I went for the lid & pulled that floaty thingy up & thankfully it stopped the water!  So the clean up began-- a lot of wet towels... another load of laundry... all before I had to leave for work!  Not what I was expecting my morning to look like... at all...

So I went to the University of Dayton today.  We stayed late this week.  So I just got home a little after 9pm.  Only to discover... that after I had cleaned our bathroom & hallway this morning & left our tissues & soap, ect. in the tub (just cause thats where they ended up during the flood).... something happened while I was gone.  Which I think is weird, since no one was here... but the tub was NASTY... tissues, distroyed... floor mat, wet.... this is why, this home is now again for the millionth time, a house.  If you think the drama is over, to quote our good friend, Josh, "be amazed!"  It never is here :)

[see past dramas...

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...did I mention the fleas (twice)... the first toilet flooding... Oh, the mouse poop in all my kitchen cabinets & drawers... and the actual mouse that I found one morning... the breezeway mold catastrophe... the lovely cat pea smell... the no insulation=freezing...

...is this really what owning a house is like??  If so, I might change my mind.  Please tell me they aren't all this bad!?]

But let's be honest, I still had a great day!  Praise the Lord!  Thankfully, choosing to be thankful when everything is falling apart actually helps you to be thankful! :)  I had an awesome time with my girls at UD & good times with staff on the car rides.  So my morning (and night) looked different that what I wanted it to... but thats ok!  The Lord had different plans for me.  I am very tired of it all.  But I will be thankful.

(maybe a little more thankful once I call my landlord tomorrow....)