Last week as I was plugging away on my computer I could hear that all too familiar sound of rain. I thought it was strange because the clouds were not so ominous the last time I looked out my office window. I was so involved in what I was working on that I simply ignored it, went right back to work but something was very strange. I exerted myself to move my head a few mere inches to look out the window only to see that is wasn’t raining outside…it was raining inside. WHAT?

Condo life has its pros and cons. One of the cons is having to deal with condominium corporations in matters of property damage. I had gone down this path with them once before and let’s just say it was not a pleasant experience. When the water was running down my kitchen and bathroom walls from the unit above me, I knew exactly how I was going to approach the condo corporation this time around. I was going to kill them with kindness and remain calm so that the damage could be repaired immediately. Did that method work? Absolutely!

Within days I had a team of renovation workers in my home tearing out ceilings, walls and insulation to insure that all the water-drenched materials were removed from the affected areas. The workers who came into my home treated my property and possessions like they were their own. The foreman knocked on my office door to say they had completed as much as they could do for now. Had it not been for the missing walls and ceilings, you would never have known a demolition team had been working for over six hours in my home.  Everything was dusted, vacuumed and items were put back in their exact original spots. When things go wrong in life, as they will often do, our attitude plays a major role on how quickly and easily we can fix what needs to be fixed and move on with life.

My only concern now is how do I keep Mocha away from chewing the exposed wires or getting stuck between the walls? That…is an entirely different problem. I’ll keep you posted if my cat goes missing.