Ok I’m terrified to post this, but I’m desperate.
I need some help. My basement flooded this weekend and I need to go through … well… imagine a building after it’s been bombed, and then pour some water on it and you’ll get the general idea.
I am hiring some guys from the high school football team to actually haul stuff out of the basement and into a dumpster (which I’m having the garbage folks deliver) but I can’t do that until I’ve gone through the stuff in the basement and rescued what there is to be rescued. 90% of the stuff was intended to be gotten rid of anyway, but there are some things…books…photo albums…sentimental stuff… that I really want to salvage. The basement is filled with a very disorganized heap of unlabelled, poorly packed boxes. I need to open them, pull out what needs to be kept, then organize all the stuff that is destined for the trash into one area of the basement so the guys can easily haul it out.
There is a lot of stuff to go through. It smells bad. (I have four very naughty cats, do the math…) Now that it’s all wet, my situation has become critical and I’m being forced to do something I needed to do long ago anyway (we basically “don’t go down there” as it is… we’re professional procrastinators and believers in the “maybe if I pretend it doesn’t exist, it will just go away” philosophy.)
So here is the deal… I can provide gloves, pizza, soda, beer & wine, and a little cash for gas, pain & suffering… but I need some help. My husband is in Germany until August 15, so I’m here by myself (well, Dominic is here but he’s only 7.) Dominic’s room has a TV, Playstation2, and various toys and distractions for kids if you need to bring any along.
Anyone in/near the Northern Virginia area brave enough to rally?
I’m very scared about posting this after the Persephone thing… please don’t hate me… please… please… if you already hated me, please just move along… I know this is my (and my husband’s) fault and I know that we’re major losers and horrible housekeepers… we’re really trying to change that, though.* Please don’t use this thread to rag on me for this stuff… trust me I feel ashamed enough already.
starting in August I should actually have an income*, and we’re going to pay someone to help with the cleaning twice a month. A friend of mine’s aunt just moved here from the Phililipines and is looking for this kind of work, so we’re going to hire her. I’ve also gotten much better about taking care of various other chores in the house and I have an actual plan of attack for improvement. Really I do. Check back in 6 months–you’ll be so proud of me!
***hooray!