Once at SeaWorld we were thrust around the park, feeding seals and rays, dissecting squid and watching the beluga whales’ skyhop- that’s the real term, no joke! I read about it in a book whilst taking my shift watching the sick girl at med services! This is Heather. She thought she knew all about marine animals in her smug blue shirt. Little did she know, us green shirted personnel knew a thing or two about things of the aquatic persuasion. OK... so maybe not me, but the biology teachers did! 
Anyway, we got to sleep with the fishes, literally, in the World of the Sea aquarium- only to have my REM sleep disrupted by the piercing glow of the illuminated signs detailing the migratory patterns of the scrawled filefish. But, I can’t blame the unwarranted nightlight entirely; the constant murmur of aquarium pumps and hard floor aided in keeping my sweet dreams at bay.
Fortunately, I become 5 years old and euphoric with the prospect of a theme park at my disposal that my restless night was really of trivial consequence. And, with the exception of a canceled dolphin show, and our bus driver striking a pole while in reverse, the day went pleasantly well. After we passed the second border patrol without a snag, I had visions of my pillowtop mattress and husband anxiously waiting my arrival…maybe even in that order.
Flooding ensued
And now we’re living with this!
Our temporary resting place. Our bed takes up almost the entire room!
When I arrived home at 1 am, I opened my front door and was welcomed by this:
You’re probably asking yourself- Self? What is their bedroom furniture strewn about the family room? Is it…
a) Weird marital issues
b) An Xbox party gone wild
c) A sleep over
d) The next Feng Shui
e) None of the above
a) Weird marital issues
b) An Xbox party gone wild
c) A sleep over
d) The next Feng Shui
e) None of the above
If you answered “e”, you are absolutely correct! A cabinet fell and broke this:
Flooding ensuedAnd now we’re living with this!Our temporary resting place. Our bed takes up almost the entire room!
Some of the damage
Instead of the remote drone of water pumps from the aquarium, we’re currently enjoying the constant buzz of fans and dehumidifiers and having to go out the front door, into the backyard and open the sliding door to gain entry into our dresser. Yeah, we could probably just turn our dresser around, but where would be the fun in that?
4 comments:
Be glad James was home when that happened. We came home from Lake Powell once to squishy wet floor in the basement. In our absence, the sprinkler head next to one of the walls of the basement, popped off and watered our basement instead of the grass. Nothing like a flood to kill the fun memories of a trip! See you in June!
OH MY! What a fabulous thing to come home to. I hope the pillowtop mattress lived up to your expectations!
Oh yowza! I have a sectional couch if you need a break from the chaos. Or you could bring your mattress and crash in our guest room? Or we could just go to California while the carpet dries out! Cuz I am in SERIOUS need of some beach and shopping time with my number one ho.
Are you guys going to Derek's shindig this weekend?
Wow. Dang. I hope you are getting better sleep by now, with less humming going on. Funny, but I love your comforter. And you had a lousy bus driver.....speeding ticket and running into poles (not that I have room to talk in the "running into poles" department--thanks to a highschool crush). But really. Wow.
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