Abandon Ship

I had Wednesday off from work and I was all ready to settle into a lazy day in the snowbound house. When...

I walked into the laundry room and had a four foot wide puddle of water on the floor. Hmm. Did my washing machine flow over last night? As I leaned down to check I felt something drip on my head. "Are you kidding me?" (I think was the polite version of what I said.) Water was dripping out of the heating register on the ceiling. Where was this coming from? I didn't care. I called the builder (since our house is only 1 year old...actually on this date.) They were going to send someone out to see what was going on. On the phone I was asked the routine questions...is this on the second floor (assuming roof)...NO; is this under a bathroom (assuming a leaky pipe)...NO; (pregnant pause)...okay well we'll get someone out there as soon as they can navigate the snow.
Meanwhile...waiting on the home inspector... "pop, pop....(wait for it)....BAM" the transformer three power poles back from our house exploded. Great, now we don't have any power. (This is going to be a long, cold, wet day.)
Five minutes after the explosion the inspector showed up. Guess what, the flashing on the roof, connecting the garage to the house is leaking icemelt. It is coming in at the joint of our wall and floor in the attic space, leaking along the master bedroom floor, and dripping down into my laundry room!!!!! And, we can't do anything about it until it all melts! GREAT!
They leave...and I'm left with a quiet house minus my almost two year old, and a "Drip, Drip" going on in the laundry room as the ceiling leaks into a bucket.

We've decided that if the power isn't on by dinner time that we are going to my parents house. Well...the sun begins to set...so in the final hours of daylight, I pack up the dog, the kid, and myself...we are ready to go. We ended up staying with them for 2 and a half days!!!! We really appreciated the heat and warm beds and hot showers. THANK YOU!

Summary...don't go grocery shopping before an ice storm b/c you are guaranteed to lose power and all of your groceries...I think I'm two for two on this one!