Upside Down - Flood from the Inside

  Long story short. About a month ago we came home to discover that our hot water heater had rusted out and it leaked water all over the living room, kitchen, hallway and part of my son's bedroom.

  After our insurance sent out a cleaning crew to rip up linoleum and carpet and set several high power fans up to dry the floors, we left. We checked into a "moderately priced hotel" our insurance would reimburse the cost.

Highlights of this adventure included:

• An indoor pool ! Yeah, that was sweet.
• We stayed there a total of 6 nights.. blahh, not so sweet.
• We hated it and loved it. All the while still trying to live our lives with work, school, etc.
• Nap time was almost impossible.
• Free hot breakfast, and cookies anytime.. Very sweet.
• We celebrated Easter in that crazy room. 
• We lived through two tornado warnings while we were there.
• Later we would come to appreciate the steaming hot shower they had as well.

  After the floors were dry we went home and lived without hot water for over a week. Sooo not cool. No pun intended. To bath the kids we would heat up water on the stove and dump it in the tub. That took about 40 min to do.. and we still had to have the kids roll around in the water to rinse off. Showers for big people??? We started taking showers at friends homes but that got weird. The timing was always off and we felt a little awkward.
 So what did we do next? It sounds so ghetto but we both got a 1 week trial membership at a local gym so we could take a wonderfully hot shower anytime during business hours. We didn't care that we had to wear flip flops to keep the fungus off our feet or that it stunk like mildew and sweat. We were getting us some shower!! And the cool part was they had babysitting . No baby or kid trying to climb in the shower with me. Yes.
 The day our "shower" membership ended (I know we should have exercised too.. but naaaaa) we had the new water heater installed. It was great!
 After we got the check for repairs the slow ball started rolling for the floors and trim. The contractor found mold in one wall so we needed some sheet rock replaced.. blah, blah. But it got done and now we have beautiful hardwood "looking" laminate in the living room, kitchen, and hall. Jonathon's room is a totally different story.. the guy hasn't installed his carpet yet so we'll see in the near future what comes of that.