Foodie is the luckiest girl alive

For multiple reasons, I feel like the luckiest girl alive! I've shared a few and I will share another one soon, but today, I have a story to tell about a flood.

A couple of years ago, my now empty and soon to be sold house got flooded. The entire downstairs area needed to get its floor ripped out. It then had to dry for a couple of weeks, after which I got a new floor.

This happened due to heavy rains and a crappy sewage system. It was only our neighbourhood having these problems. Streets half turned into rivers, houses flooded. The water basically came back up out of the toilet and shower drain.

Needless to say, I was not amused.

Ever since then, whenever heavy rains got predicted, I have been completely stressed out. The toilet made concerning noises a couple of times after that day and there was some water coming up out of the shower drain again on another occassion. However, it never got that bad again.

Since the house is now empty with us living over an hour away, whenever heavy rains are predicited, I keep an eye on the Facebook group of the neighbourhood. If anything goes wrong, people will start to complain there and I'll know something's probably up at my own home aswell.

It's not the house's fault, it's the extreme weather combined with a bad sewage system from the city. Insurance will cover damages, but it's still not something I want to happen again. In 1,5 weeks, the house will be officially sold and I can live without the stress from that moment on.

Yesterday, heavy rains were predicted...

Now my luck comes in waves. Sometimes, everything's against me, sometimes, everything's great for me. When we visited the area of our new house a few days ago, I told my boyfriend: "I feel so happy and lucky now, I wonder what kind of trouble will come to mess it up soon.".

I thought for sure this would be it. My house would get flooded again, 1,5 weeks before it was supposed to be sold.

I kept an eye on the weather forcast. Later, I checked out Facebook and Twitter. This is what I saw:

That's my city! That last picture is in my neighbourhood! The Facebook group was flooded with people complaining about the bad sewage system. Water coming up in their toilets, their sheds, their showers.

I was completely stressed out!

I called my dad to tell him about this and he told me he'd head over there to check on my house. I asked him to take pictures of my flooded house, so I could contact my insurance asap.

Then, we waited. It's half an hour drive to my home from my dad's house. In the meanwhile, more pictures came rolling in on Twitter.

I knew for sure my house was flooded. My boyfriend told me that once we got the news from my father, he'd call his boss to tell him he wouldn't be able to go to work tomorrow. We had a house to clean and insurance things to take care of. He told me we'd head over there right away and start cleaning in the evening. We'd have to sleep over at my mum's place and take care of everything in the morning.

We started getting our things together. An overnight bag, buckets and mops. Cola to keep my boyfriend awake during the drive.

I send my dad a message that we'd head over there right away if things were flooded. He messaged me back: "Everything's completely dry."

...Wait, what?

"Nothing to worry about. Even the toilet's completely clean!"

...But how?

Turns out, for some reason, my house survived the flood! The entire city had to endure heavy rains this time. Again, streets turned into rivers, houses got flooded. Heck, even a couple of roofs gave out! But by some miracle, my house was fine.

I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe my luck hadn't left me yet. No flooding! No stress!

Honestly, I still can't believe it today. How could my house be spared while the entire city was struggling with this mess? While the last time, only our neighbourhood had these problems?

I was so relieved yesterday. I still am! I'm just wondering what horrors await me when my luck turns sour and starts making up for this miracle, combined with the miracle that is our future house.

Oh well. We'll see to that later.

So, this is why yesterday evening, I felt like the luckiest girl alive!

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