Okay, so I got up this morning, took my shower, blah blah blah.  There was water in the second store (below the apartment I live in, also the store I work in regularly) when I first got in.  Matt and I figured it was just the street cleaners from the previous night.  The day started like normal, Heather went to lunch, the boys went to lunch and I was left completely alone in the second store.  I noticed, only every once in a while, an odd scent. But I couldn’t place it…Oh what an idiot I was.

Heather returned from lunch and Tienne came across the street with the boys.  Matt gestured to the floor (this was before I could hear their words) as though it proved something.  It wasn’t until Tienne stepped inside and just about swore that I realized what he meant. I glanced at the floor under the fudge tables (this is across the shop from me) and blanched.  Water…Lots and lots of water.  But I was obviously missing something, because Tienne had wrinkled her nose in disgust.  Matt turned to me. “You can’t smell that?”

I was trying to figure out what he meant when I heard the words ‘sewage water’.  There were several moments of panic while Tienne went down into the basement to see if it was flooded and then sent Ray upstairs to have the water turned off up in the apartment.  Afterwards, I was sent to tell Heather what was going on while the trio (Ray, Tienne, Matt) moved valuable things off of the floor.  Then I went to lunch. Which is where I sit now, worrying about what Corrina and I are going to do.  No water. Meaning…no flushing of the toilet, no washing of the hands, no washing dishes, or even just rinsing them out….No showers.  I, luckily, took a shower this morning and she took one last night. Still, I’m gonna desperately want another shower in two day’s time.  What are we gonna do?

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