Today is one of those days when everything seems to be too much. Finding a gallon soaking soaking into the carpet and floor was the straw that almost broke the camel’s back.

The day started badly. I woke up multiple times during the night and had trouble going back to sleep. Not really aware of anything special that is bothering me, just the usual stresses of life. Tried concentrating on my breathing, but that didn’t work.

Dragged myself out of bed at a reasonable time and went for my usual walk. My butt hurt from yoga class after work yesterday, and I felt like I was walking in thick glue. Didn’t feel any more chipper when I got back. Found some of the pepper seedlings were infested with some fly thingies, so I should probably pitch them. Looking for something else found some leftover soup in the back of the fridge, that was pretty bad. Threw it on my useless (not composting) pile.

Then vacuuming the house, I discovered the water. A one gallon container of water had sprung a leak sometime since last weekend and soaked into the carpet. A gallon of water goes quite long way in carpet. I felt like I wanted to cry when I saw it. I have quite a bit of drinking water stashed around, from the earthquake preparation last year. (The swarm of earthquakes lasted for months, cracked all the concrete outside my house and did some minor damage to the house. See posts and pics, here and here.)

Used half a tree worth of paper towels to blot up as much as possible and then had the window open for a while. This made the house really chilly, and now the winds have picked up to gusts of about 40 mph and we have blowing dust, so I have closed the window. I think in an hour or two I will light the woodstove and get the house really hot tonight, to help dry out the floor. I hope it doesn’t get moldy.

Think, later, after walking the dog, I will go to the store and get a bottle of wine.

photo credit: lepiaf.geo

[tags]life, days, water, carpet[/tags]