New sport, Bucketing

Well, we had another major rain and we experienced flooding again. Joseph and I accepted the challenge and went to work bucketing out the water from behind our house so that the water did not come into our kitchen. While we did this, Ann and Brittany soaked up the water that did come in and wrung out the towels into buckets inside the kitchen. While Ann and Brittany worked together, Brittany said, "we are a good team, it takes all 4 of us, two boys and two girls".

It is true, we could not have kept up with the water if we did not have all four of us. Having twice the bucket power made a huge difference in keeping up with the flood and Brittany, as part of the team, besides wringing out towels with Ann for a period of time, she also peeled boiled eggs for Joseph and I so that we could keep our strength up. She was a big help!

When the rain finally stopped, we discovered that water was coming back in through the sewage system, either from the flooded alley, or from our flooded courtyard. That is why we ended up bucketing for 2 and 1/2 hours. Needless to say we were sore the next day.

Joseph and I figure if we bucketed like this every other day we would be in really good shape (ha ha). Our landlord is supposed to come and see what he can do, but we just found out that our house sits lower than all the new contruction in our neighborhood, meaing that we are one of the low points, maybe the lowest point in the neighborhood, so we collect the water the sewars can't handle. Hmm. I guess our choices for now when we have a downpour are, run for the hills or, quick, get the buckets!

UPDATE: Our landlord came and is planning to build a small wall inside our kitchen door so that the water can rise, but not come into our kitchen. This seems to be the best option right now.