Water Everywhere

So, I leave for a week and we get dumped on. People at work today were complaining (and rightfully so) about the massive amounts of water in their basements. I can see how. We took on quite a few storms in the past week. When Heather and I looked at this house, one of the major drawing points was that there was never a record of water in the basement, and that there was drain tile installed a while back. Knowing these two things are probably related, this was a good move on our part, because to date, we have dealt with no water issues. Our sump pump is working feverishly, but it's keeping up. Reports were that less than 90 seconds went between pump runs when the storms dropped all the water, but at least it's being kept out of the house. I'm thinking it's better that the water stay out of the basement, and in the now functioning Hot Tub!! That is going to get some soak time later tonight as the weather seems about perfect for it. One of my favorite times last year (or possibly a couple years ago) was after a soccer outing, I had a game in Sioux Falls the next day, so I just stayed at my cousin's house. She had a hot tub, and we were out there in about 50 degree weather with a mist falling, but nice and toasty warm. It's currently 61, but with the water just over 100, I'm thinking about a nice relaxing soak, especially after the weekend.

If you've noticed the post number remaining low, it's due to the small amounts of time. Heather and I have two free weekends left before school begins in the middle of August. We filled up the calendar rather quickly, that's for sure! One of the those weekends will be eaten up by some time with friends, we just haven't picked it out yet. This past weekend was some refereeing that I've been doing for quite a while now. I've gone to Sioux Falls for their club soccer tourney for at least 5 years now, and that continued this past weekend. This year was a better year in that every game was 10 minutes shorter. They shortened the game times to remove 5 minutes from each half for this tournament. That might not seem like alot, but when you run up and down the field for 5 games in a row on Sunday, you appreciate those extra steps that you no longer have to take!