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November 06, 2006
Endorphins help me cope and so does Ben
I went back to the gym today, after taking almost a month off. It's amazing how great an endorphin rush can feel. I'm going to have to keep it up through this long, dark winter.
The past few days have been abnormally torrential, and we're having problems as a result. The basement is flooded. It's got to be close to an inch deep in some places. We put a large tub against the wall where the water was coming in, and it's collected four or five inches of water. Upstairs, a patch in the ceiling is disintigrating rapidly. Chunks of plaster have been falling on our front room rug, and we're catching them in a pot, a pail and a Tupperware bowl. We've moved our coffee table and couch in order to avoid damage.
The property management company that oversees our home was planning to send someone out today to take care of things, but she was in a car accident and didn't make it. The roads are a mess, flooding everywhere as autumn leaves clog the sewers.
Rain's been coming down in on-again-off-again torrents since Thursday. Non-stop drizzle is normal from October through June in the Northwest. This is not. The 10-day forecast calls for heavy rain tonight, followed by: rain; rain; showers; rain; rain; showers; showers; showers; few showers.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at November 6, 2006 08:26 PM