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Water and Earth
Jul. 24th, 2005 10:39 amOkay. . . Now that I'm somewhat less irritated than I was yesterday. . .
The water issue in the laundry room was that the utility sink, which the washing machine drains into, evidently has overflowed a couple of times without us realizing it. The reason we haven't realized it was that there was so much junk on the ground that the water had been absorbed into it. Which means that now there's a lot of stuff that's icky and ruined.
The good news is that the Ex's SO and I dug into the problem and between the two of us got all the extra junk out of there, and then she had the Ex move the appliances around, so that now the place is free of clutter, and a much nicer, cleaner space.
That still leaves the water issue in the yellow room, however. It's been very hot here the last week, with some rain on Friday, but not a lot. And yet there were small areas of water around the edge of the two outside walls. I don't know how we're going to fix that. Maybe it will be a matter of digging out around the foundation and putting sealant on the walls -- but that's just a guess.
I can feel myself moving into a Pentacles/Earth phase. . . as I ground myself in and come to terms with my mundane life: hearth, finances, body, job. . . all the elements of life I would just as soon ignore. But I can't ignore them, not if I'm going to be healthy and secure, and not if I'm going to be able to maintain a healthy and secure lifestyle for my daughter.
The water issue in the laundry room was that the utility sink, which the washing machine drains into, evidently has overflowed a couple of times without us realizing it. The reason we haven't realized it was that there was so much junk on the ground that the water had been absorbed into it. Which means that now there's a lot of stuff that's icky and ruined.
The good news is that the Ex's SO and I dug into the problem and between the two of us got all the extra junk out of there, and then she had the Ex move the appliances around, so that now the place is free of clutter, and a much nicer, cleaner space.
That still leaves the water issue in the yellow room, however. It's been very hot here the last week, with some rain on Friday, but not a lot. And yet there were small areas of water around the edge of the two outside walls. I don't know how we're going to fix that. Maybe it will be a matter of digging out around the foundation and putting sealant on the walls -- but that's just a guess.
I can feel myself moving into a Pentacles/Earth phase. . . as I ground myself in and come to terms with my mundane life: hearth, finances, body, job. . . all the elements of life I would just as soon ignore. But I can't ignore them, not if I'm going to be healthy and secure, and not if I'm going to be able to maintain a healthy and secure lifestyle for my daughter.
