Ok it was more like he drowned it. And this is how it went down.

About a month ago, I discovered a leak in our kitchen ceiling so I did the sane and logical thing to do. Call a plumber…(Ok, it was the strata property’s plumber, coz we live in a condo). Anyway, dude comes over, renovates our kitchen with a new skylight (that’s what I call the gaping hole he cut in the ceiling) and does a “temporary” fix coz it was a Friday night and I guess he couldn’t wait to get his weekend started. So he comes back the next Tuesday, and I think “finally! This whole mess can be fixed”. He starts working away, while I mind my own business and watch TV. Next thing I know, I see this strong spurt of water come down from the ceiling. First thing that came to mind was  that maybe it’s just some left over water in the pipes or something. A few seconds pass, but instead of stopping, that water spurt becomes a waterfall. I go rushing into the kitchen and instinctively grab a bucket and start catching the downpour, at which point I discover, “great, it’s hot water”. Plumber guy, initially reeling and dumbfounded from the torrent of hot water gushing down, goes to look for the building water supply shut off. Therefore, leaving me all alone to fend off the horde of hot water rapidly converting the kitchen into some makeshift spa bath. That waterfall was coming down for a good 15 minutes before that dumbass plumber figured he could grab a stopper from his toolkit and plug the damn thing! Why did all this happen? He cut the WRONG pipe! Anyway, the downpour was so bad, the water seeped into our adjacent neighbours’ units AND gushed down into the parkade and out into the street. Oh, and in the process of transporting water from point A (kitchen waterfall) to point B (bath tub), coz the kitchen sink just wasn’t draining fast enough, I slipped and fell hard on the tiled flooring. In the aftermath, I’m left pondering as to which was more painful to bear: a cracked rib, a sprained wrist, a devastated kitchen, or a drowned computer. Thaaat’s right, the computer was in the vicinity of the downpour. Thankfully, I didn’t have much demo reel stuff in there yet, otherwise that plumber would be the first casualty in all this. But still, EVERYTHING was in there…pictures, music, videos, current and past school work and assignments. All that stuff is practically irreplaceable!!! Hmmm, maybe I should’ve made a casualty out of that plumber after all. And not to mention, we couldn’t even stay at our place for over a week since the restoration company had to dry out the place and test it for asbestos. AND I missed a week of school due to my injury. For that first week, it had hurt to walk, inhale, cough, laugh, burp, or basically do anything for that matter. Being behind on all the assignments since I had to redo a majority of them IS a bit on the crappy side as well. At least my instructors were understanding about it.

And all that’s left now are the remnant pains in my rib, and the even more painful experience of dealing with the most helpful people of all, insurance companies. To sum it all up, it has NOT been a good month so far.