I woke up this morning earlier than usual. No, not actually early. Probably before 9am, which is something around this house. Trust me, if you had a kid that slept until 11 everyday, you’d have the same problem. That aside, I woke up completely aching! My body was sooo sore, and while I accomplished nothing physical yesterday, I did a lot of stressing and running around outside in the cold. The tension really showed itself on my body today. But so it goes. Dekker was still asleep so I got up and dressed and ducked outside to check out the yard and lake area, as well as the pump they put in last night. Here’s a couple pictures from the morning:
When I checked it all out in the morning, things weren’t looking especially better. It froze overnight so our backyard was thinly iced over, along with I’m sure lots more of the water, so I guess the general flow had slowed a bit, but all that really did was keep us juuuuust ahead of the game. Not gaining any ground, just keeping up really. Water levels were the same. As it warmed up in the day, we knew it wasn’t looking up at all.
So in no time at all, we somehow acquired another massive pump to get the lake lowered. That happened early afternoon and we have already seen results. Grass on the other side of our sandbags!!! Vegetation poking up from the water!!! Its very exciting 🙂
Unfortunately, we still have to be nervous. The road west of us is not giving up quite yet. I’m under the impression that a ton of water is about to give, so they’re actually pumping it over to us to lessen the load. But if that road gives, we’re all under water, sandbags or not. So thats not ideal for anyone. Things are supposed to stay a bit cooler for the next few days, which will only help us out with catching up with the melting, but as of Thursday or Friday, we may very literally be in over our heads! Prayers are still very much appreciated.
My mom came by today to spend some time with me and take my mind off things, as I find myself approaching the point of pulling my hair out. It was so nice to just take a break from thinking about everything scary that could happen, and instead visit with my mom. Instead of wandering aimlessly outside around my house while Dekker napped, we took pictures of what was going on. And to top off my day, Brady brought me home a super cute pair of rubber boots 🙂 Black with big white polka dots, and a bow 🙂 Cutest boots I have ever seen. Seems a shame to get them muddy.
Baby moves. Quite a bit today. Looking forward to seeing the little munchkin in a few days!