The Flood

After a wonderful church retreat Matt and I drove back up to Santa Barbara in our good friend's mini cooper. We put the top down because it was such an amazing day to drive up highway 1. We commented on how we had NOTHING to do when we got home (a rare occasion). Upon arriving home we noticed a bit of a odd odor to our house. Then we noticed all of our rugs were soaked! Our neighbor later informed us that he had to turn the water off because water was coming into his house!! He noticed water coming out of our front door!!! Basically the refrigerator broke while we were gone and the water mus have been running for hours. First we were under the impression that the house wasn't all that bad. We actually put a house fan on it to try to start to dry things out. We called the insurance company the next day and they quickly made us feel a bit silly for trying to dry things out with our little house fan. Now after 5 days of industrial sized fans and dehumidifiers. The house is dry. They have removed flooring and about two feet of dry wall around the perimeter. Thankfully we have amazing friends that have been more than just hospitable. We are in good spirits knowing that we have insurance that will take care of it.