I had to take e-leave from work.
Imagine if I had actually stepped out of the house already, my
ENTIRE apartment would have been flooded, and because I'm in the
process of moving things out to storage, I've left tons of stuff
lying on the floor with boxes and all ... imagine the amount of
damage it would have done!! 
OK, I have kpkb to the contractors who FINALLY turned up and
realised that this IS a HUGE )(*@#()$*& problem.
Man, I hope I don't burst an aneurysm tonight! 
Nice to know though, that I can
fend for myself, even when surrounded by big burly men! 
I think they've seen me around the
neighbourhood, quiet and unassuming and then skali tonight, I start
shouting and kpkb, with some expletives thrown in for good effect
and they were all 
!
Siiiiigh... gotta face reality now, and go back to cleaning up the
kitchen and living room and see what I can salvage from the flood.
I've already
mopped up FOUR full pails of stinky dirty murky brown water and
there's yet more back-breaking labour tonight.
Soooo darn wish I had help and company tonight.
