A benefit of renting

THIS is not our problem.

We don't have a basement, but off the kitchen you go out the door and down a few steps into the laundry room (also where the gas furnace is), and then there's another door on the left that leads outside and another door on the right (partly pictured above) that leads to the garage (Please ignore the dirty walls... the previous tenant had a dog and we were able to clean most of the dirt off the walls but didn't have the time or motivation to really scrub walls no one ever sees).

On Saturday while doing laundry, we discovered water backing up and pooling out of the drain that's right in that corner! Quickly Dan unplugged the big freezer cord that was running right through the puddle, and we called the emergency maintenance guy. He couldn't fix it with his snake, so he said he'd get a rotor-rooter guy out on Monday. We had to finish doing laundry, so we kept an eye on it and finished, then when the ground was dry enough we plugged the freezer back in.

All day today I waited for a phone call from someone. Finally at about 4:30 I heard from the guy and he asked if now would be a good time to come over? I said perfect. A few minutes later he called back and said he'd forgotten he had another appointment already scheduled, and could he come late morning/early afternoon tomorrow? Arrgh! I told him it depends on the time, and explained the time frame I have to leave to take Isaac to and from school. He said he'd give me a call when he knows. So tonight I had to do more laundry, and kept an eye on our puddle. It's really impressive with bubbles floating on the floor and everything.

I'm glad we're not the ones paying for the repairs, but it's also nice if we don't have to wait days to get the repair done!