A Reporter's Life

Theme: water

The key word around here (as in, all of Northern California) is "water." Lots of it. "Flooding" is also a good word. For instance, here's a view of where I lived for a while in Sacramento. Some 40 first-floor residences (of which I was one) had more than a foot of water.

On Friday, a photographer and I got some oh-so-snazzy boots for $12.97 at Wal-Mart, then headed out to the San Joaquin Delta to look at flooding. We found a lot of interesting people and, naturally, a lot of water. The boots came in handy when I finally went home and waded through my back yard.

"Water" became a more personal theme for me when I awoke Saturday morning to a dripping sound. After eliminating my cats as suspects (both were buried under blankets), I soon found that my couch was wet, and that's why my ceiling has been looking strangely. My slumlandlady got an early wake-up call, so we'll see if it gets fixed. I then waded out to the Laundromat to do massive amounts of laundry I'd put off, and returned home shortly before my toilet decided to suddenly overflow without warning. Fortunately I caught it right away, and now it's back to its normal "run 24/7" self. As a bonus, my bathroom floor is clean.

Posted by Layla at 11:24 PM, January 01, 2006