So, as I faired the flooding from our rainstorm a couple days ago just fine here in my apartment, aparently my storage unit over by the West Side Highway did not. Yeah, got a call from the storage place saying I better come check if there was any damage. There was.
I spent the better part of yesterday taking pictures (will put a few here soon) and looking through my stuff to see what was ruined and what needed to be done (i.e. filling out insurance claim forms, throwing out stuff, etc.). I also moved to a second floor unit so this won't happen again... cross my fingers flood water can't reach the second floor. Things that got wet were in the boxes touching the floor, everything else was fine. However, two of my biggest and heaviest boxes were on the bottom (for obvious reasons... they're big and heavy) that contained stuff that was really unfortunate to lose or deal with.
35 books had to be thrown out, completely unusable and still wet. Adding that up, it totals $588 face value. Ouch! Some other little things got wet and I threw out, but nothing really valueable. But, all my winter coats were wet and gross and I had to take them all over to get dry cleaned. I'm just hoping they're all right, because a couple of them are very nice. That's $112! Yeah, Manhattan prices suck, although I don't really know how that compares to other places. I am crossing my fingers that the insurance I had from the storage place will see eye to eye with me here and reimburse me. Stupid rain!
Let's see. Going to visit home on Tuesday for a week. Definately excited to get away from the city and enjoy a little relaxation, golf, and waterskiing. Go see The Bourne Ultimatum. It rocks so hard it's not even funny. It's like a swift kick to the nuts, but in a good way. Actually, hard to believe I know, but it's actually more fun then a boot to the balls.
