Here's Hoping for a better June!

OK. June just HAS to be a better month for our household. It started off with the kids and me having pinkeye. Then, I got a wicked sunburn on my shoulders (I remembered to put sunscreen on everywhere...but my shoulders). Emma & I worked one whole day in one of our community garden spots (YAY!). And last Friday, the 23rd, our basement flooded. Not even a tiny little bit of water. The entire basement was covered in 4 1/2" of water. It happened between 11 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday. Garry & I were lucky that we had family here in town who was able to help us. My dad came over after hearing about it, after running to the hardware store to get an additional sump pump and galoshes for us to wear. Garry's sister & brother-in-law came over and helped all day, too. And, mom came and took the kids back to their house, along with a bunch of clothes and sheets to wash that had gotten wet. Also in the mix was our builder, who spent the better part of each day Saturday, Sunday and Monday at our place working on things. In addition to having to completely empty our possessions out the basement, we had to tear out all of the carpet & padding. We were able to get a temporary storage site from our builder, and Garry & Rick (my brother-in-law) made countless trips to the storage facility (conveniently located right behind our house). then, they made a trip to the dump (we lost a bunch of stuff from the kids' toy room...books, puzzles, games, etc., plus all the padding from under the carpet). We hauled all but 1 giant piece of carpet outside and onto the driveway to dry out. We set up 9 big fans, and a dehumidifier. 8 days later, we are mostly dried out, with the exception of the family room. The giant piece of carpet that is down there has been on 2x4s to help with circulation while drying. however, it is not drying out, and in fact, seems to be as wet as ever. I am going to try to round up a few guys to help me move it outside today while Garry is at work. Also, I will try to take off all of the baseboard trim today. It is warped now, and doesn't lay flush to the wall anymore, so it will have to go. And, we've got moisture in the drywall and insulation, going up about a foot high. It's time to really get the rest of that moisture out of there! So, making my long story short, May really sucked, and I hope that june is better. I do count my blessings every day, and am thankful that it wasn't a TOTAL disaster, and really only minor things were destoyed. I can't imagine losing everything in a major fire, flood or tornado. I will post again as soon as life settles down a bit.