Tuesday

Woke up feeling really tired. I never seem to stop since the great deluge - when I'm not at work I am clearing up or packing stuff away, as well as worrying about the next few months.
The loss adjustor for the building insurance (Davies) came this morning. Still waiting for the loss adjustor for contents (Crawfords).
Mike asked me about the flood and then we walked around the house. He wrote down lots of details and said the next step is for Chemdry to come back and dry the place out before any rebuilding work can start. It looks like I am going to get a new kitchen!!! As they say, every cloud has a silver lining. I wish Mum was still alive to see the finished article - she always used to say it was a shame we couldn't afford to get the kitchen done up properly. I think she was looking down on us when the water came down - the doll's house and Kumari's special books were all on the landing but just missed getting wet.
Mike also said that we should just rip up the carpets in the dining room and on the landing and stairs and throw them out into the garden. I told him that Crawfords had told us not to do anything until they had seen the damage - he said in that case they should have come sooner! He said the wet carpets were holding up the drying process and so he would speak to Crawfords if they gave us any trouble. I like this man.
He asked if we had anywhere to go during the worst of the work - I explained the somewhat complicated arrangements we were making in order to make life easier for the dogs and enable us tolook after the ducks and chickens also. He said to keep in touch and contact him if we needed anything. It's nice to feel that we have someone to turn to for advice.