Back from vacation to find this:

The sewage pipe below the block of houses in which we live, backed up
















and flooded all of the basements on our block.
















We seem to have had it the worst, because we were the closest house to the problem.
















And after being gone for a week, the foot of water we once had, dried up almost entirely on the high end of the basement, leaving this foul quarter inch to half inch of muck.
















After 3 days of calling and calling and arguing with the city, our heros have arrived (they are actually down stairs, rescuing our basement at this moment...I'll let you know how it turns out).
















And the best part is that I was forced to rush out and buy a pair of these fabulous looking galloshes. Now, muck or no muck, I'm a happy girl! :)