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aye carumba

what a day… it all started at 6:35am when my alarm went off. i was supposed to do a long ride and was really looking forward to it. as i mentally ran through the ‘getting ready without waking Jose up’ routine in my mind, i noticed how dark it was in the room and then heard that dreaded noise – raindfall. i hate rain. i know it’s good for the plants, yada, yada, yada. it can rain at night when i don’t ride my bike or run or do laundry or… you get the point.

i looked out of the bedroom window to confirm what i’d heard. yup. rain. falling hard. i went back to bed. it rained all day. at one point i could almost hear the rain inside of my apartment. i thought i was going crazy until i walked past my bathroom and saw the enormous leak over my bathtub. i didn’t feel so crazy after all. it was literally raining inside of my apartment. i immediately called my landlord. he came over in a flash and looked at the leak. he must have apologized 100 times on his way out and then said the ceiling would collapse around 9pm.

i started to make dinner. i finished slicing some summer squash and set my knife down. BANG ! an explosion of sheetrock all over my bathroom. i looked at the time. 8pm. early. we spent an hour cleaning the bathroom. again. and went to Sublime.

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  1. laura
    June 11, 2006 at 22:32 | #1

    i cant freaking believe it.
    im so sorry. so so sorry.
    hang in there.
    this too shall pass.

  2. June 12, 2006 at 08:37 | #2

    Yikes. What a bummer about the rain and ceiling.

  3. June 12, 2006 at 12:51 | #3

    Goodness! Sorry to hear about this. I know you’ve been through worse- like hurricane and such, but who needs this kind of trouble?

    Going to your favorite restaurant was a good idea…

  4. Jose
    June 12, 2006 at 13:49 | #4

    just FYI for all. Wet sheet rock is heavy. The stuff that fell down easily weighed 150lbs. Be very careful under this stuff, if it falls on you it will do damge. I once had a principal in middle shool that was out for a month or so and had permant nerve damage to her neck because her something similar happened in her sleep.

  5. K
    June 12, 2006 at 20:46 | #5

    Good golly. This was not good news. I’m sorry about what happened! Hang in there! I’ll send good sunny thoughts your way.

  6. Jennifer
    June 13, 2006 at 20:40 | #6

    Hi there,
    An off-topic question for you. I was perusing 28cooks blog and in April you posted that you were trying a vegan version of the zucchini tomato tart that she made. Did you ever have success with that? I couldn’t find it in your archives. The tart looks mouthwatering and you’re recipes are great so I thought it would be a great combo. Thanks so much for your help!

  7. liz
    June 14, 2006 at 22:02 | #7

    Jennifer,

    i can’t believe you saw that ! i actually made the zucchini tart for dinner recently. it tasted great, but i wasn’t happy with the binder i used so i am still experimenting. i will definitely post it when i finalize the recipe !

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