Water and Sun

Sunday was a busy day, and it's spilling into Monday.  We went to the Renaissance Festival, of course.  Although I wore a hat - mandatory in 90 F heat, there really was not much I could do about the neckline of my bodice.  I got MAJOR fried there - I'm currently so red that I could probably interchange for a stoplight.  Not good - my skin doctor keeps reminding me that I'm too pale and light in color to handle sun and that sunburns for me could lead to skin cancer.  Since I had a dear friend who died from skin cancer last year, I really do pay attention to this kind of warning.  Unfortunately, I am totally burned in that one location. 

Missy (character Meghan) going after
"Blackstone" for cheating at cards. 
WTG Missy!

We cane home, took quick showers and ate dinner.  DH then went upstairs to watch the football game and I went to work on the computer, downloading some pics of my friend Missy in her swords woman role out on Fest grounds.  Around 9:30 pm or so, my eye was caught by a sparkle where there shouldn't have been any.  Looking closer, I discovered standing water in between my bathroom door and the hallway.  REALLY not good.  I called my DH and we started looking.  It turns out that the floor of the shower had developed some gaps in the grout and water was going directly to the sub floor.  So....he re-grouted the floor and a crack on the wall and we have soaked up whatever we can.  BUT, my hallway is still soaking wet even though we have been wet-vacuuming it a lot, and the wet also exists in my closet.  When I awakened this morning I pulled everything I needed to out of my closet and began wet vacuuming in there.  I'll put up a fan before I leave for work this morning, but I think I'll try and reschedule my Chiropractor appointment so that I can stay later and work on this longer.  It will be sponge baths for 72 hours until our re-grouting will allow for showers again , but this had to be tackled.  All that I know for sure is that it is recent.  I was in the closet on Wednesday looking for something and the flooring was dry at that time.  But it could easily have been four days of wet that we're dealing with.  Everyone has a nemesis.  For my DH and I, it's water.  Water, flooding, sewer issues, and plumbing issues have followed us for more than 30 years.  We're used to taking care of things like this, but it doesn't make it any more pleasant.