Just Dry Already!
Third mopping by me. Fourth if you count the cleaning crew. Mud, so much ground in mud still coming up. I think I mostly have it all now.
Scrubbed the bottoms of the concrete walls, but still need to scrub lanai. Mud still all over the lanai.
As you know we've had water in the house before. Twice was due to a plumbing malfunction, a hose that broke while I was in the hospital from a stroke. Another time from a leaking plumbing line in the kitchen. A few recent ones where a two hour rain over an inch an hour caused the rain to creep up to about six inches inside of the glass door. Except for the plumbing mishaps the rest were easily dealt with, a little mopping.
The plumbing problems were all clean sparkling water. This was not quite so clean, this was muddy gross water. I'm still finding dirt, and suspect I likely will be for a few more weeks.
The house is done. I could move straight back in right now, but I'm not. I'm waiting for tomorrow when I pick up Jim at the airport. I'll move home when he's back, and I'm sure this was a freak storm.
Living in the cabina this week has been good. It allowed me to see the items the place needed to really be comfortable and livable, and get them. I saw that I could live and be happy easily enough in 500 square feet, like a tiny home, which is something we're discussed. Possibly building a tiny home container home in the hills overlooking Lake Arenal. Beach house and mountain house would be the best of both worlds! We're talking anew about the tiny home in the mountains. Atenas is also a possibility because the microclime there is the best for my asthma.
Cold or lung crud still here, but I didn't let it stop me from finishing up in the house. Now I just need to put a few things back where they belong.
Scrubbed the bottoms of the concrete walls, but still need to scrub lanai. Mud still all over the lanai.
As you know we've had water in the house before. Twice was due to a plumbing malfunction, a hose that broke while I was in the hospital from a stroke. Another time from a leaking plumbing line in the kitchen. A few recent ones where a two hour rain over an inch an hour caused the rain to creep up to about six inches inside of the glass door. Except for the plumbing mishaps the rest were easily dealt with, a little mopping.
The plumbing problems were all clean sparkling water. This was not quite so clean, this was muddy gross water. I'm still finding dirt, and suspect I likely will be for a few more weeks.
The house is done. I could move straight back in right now, but I'm not. I'm waiting for tomorrow when I pick up Jim at the airport. I'll move home when he's back, and I'm sure this was a freak storm.
Living in the cabina this week has been good. It allowed me to see the items the place needed to really be comfortable and livable, and get them. I saw that I could live and be happy easily enough in 500 square feet, like a tiny home, which is something we're discussed. Possibly building a tiny home container home in the hills overlooking Lake Arenal. Beach house and mountain house would be the best of both worlds! We're talking anew about the tiny home in the mountains. Atenas is also a possibility because the microclime there is the best for my asthma.
Cold or lung crud still here, but I didn't let it stop me from finishing up in the house. Now I just need to put a few things back where they belong.
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