It was the day before my birthday. I went shopping with hubby and in-laws. As the day closed our eight hands started to pain - no we aren't the types who walk on hand - but the sheer weight of the shopping bags...
We started our long trip back home. Four of us crammed in an auto with our bodies and the bags. There was hardy any more place for anything else.
After numerous red lights and traffic jams the destination was in sight. While 'de-auto-ing' we realized our legs had gone numb. It was difficult to stand and take steps...so we decided to wait a couple of minutes before moving into the building.
Chit chat was on when one lady staying on the ground floor of our building came rushing and asked "Are you staying in F4?" (We hardly know anyone in this building given our office timings!)
On receiving an affirmative reply she said, "you left some water taps running and the water is flowing out!!" I could not create a clear picture of the situation in my mind and just kept walking towards the lift lobby. Just as I stepped into the lobby the whole thing struck hard! Water had reached the ground floor all the way from our fourth floor flat!
"S***!!" was all that came to my mind. I opened the lift door and as I was moving in, water droplets fell on my head....I was terrified of what would have happened inside the flat!
We opened the door and walked into a pool of water...it was everywhere...originated in the kitchen and moved to the hall and then negotiated a small turn and flooded the guest room.
Instinctively four of us started to clean up with whatever we could lay our hands on...we put on the fans in full speed, opened all the windows for free flow of air and were trying to push the water out of our home.
After half an hour of hard work we were able to clear most of the water and waited for the rest to dry off.
Phew!! What a day it turned out to be....it started with a drought - there was no water in the morning and we had to run around to get it (which resulted in the open tap) and in the evening we had to drive it out of our home!
