Of course! It's my last official day of work. Mr. Celia's playing racket ball at the gym, it's 6:05 a.m. I wake up to an annoying e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-Not my alarm, that's set for 7:01e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-Where's that coming from?e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-is that the smoke alarm?e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-eNo, it's coming from downstairs-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-But where is it?e-e-e-e-e-e-Down here in the hall?E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Man, that sound is driving me crazy!E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Where's the damned alarm coming from ???E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E--E-E-E-E-OH CRAP!-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-There must be water in the basement-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-What am I supposed to do?-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-CRAP!-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Get some shoes and a hat-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Damn! I can't think-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Shoes.E-E-E-E-Upstairs.e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-OK-e-e-e-e-e-e-Hat-e-e-e-e-e-Downstairs-e-e-e-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Man, that sound is driving me crazy!-E-E-E-E-E-How do I turn that off?-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Think-E-E-E-E-E-Go-E-E-E-E-E-To-E-E-E-E-E-Basement-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-e-e-e-e-e-e-(splash)-e-e-e-(splash)-e-e-Yup-e-e-e-e-e-Water-e-e-e-e-In-e-e-e-Basement-e-e-e-Call Mr. Celia-e-e-e-e-Damn!-e-e-e-e-Voicemail!-e-e-e-e-AACK! WATER IN BASEMENT!-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-Must-e-e-e-Move-e-e-e-Boxes-e-e-e-To-e-e-e-Dry-e-e-e-Area-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-Now-e-e-e-Find-e-e-e-Auxiliary-e-e-e-Pump-e-e-e-OK-e-e-e-Now-e-e-e-Where's the switch to that alarm?-e-e-e-In the hallway?-e-e-e-e-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-Not here-E-E-E-E-E-E-Maybe in basement?-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-AACK! CAN'T FIND SWITCH!-e-e-e-e-e-Is there no switch?-e-e-e-Where's the sensor?-e-e-e-Follow the wire-e-e-e-e-e-e-There it is!-e-e-e-Duck Taped to the floor!-e-e-e-If I pull it up-e-e-e-e-Will the annoying sound-e-e-e-Stop?-e-e-e-e-e-e-e.....
PHEW!
Damn. Water in basement. Too much rain. Too much ground water for the sump to handle. Minor flood in basement. Nothing major lost. Damn. Gotta go check the pump. Figure out when to mop up. Damn. Did I mention it's my last official day of work? Damn. What a way to start the day.
