It was about 1 PM and I had just finished reading the paper and let the tiels out of their cage for the day. I decided to clean out the female zebra finches cage. As usual I placed their perches and dirty toys in the kitchen sink, added white vinegar and let the water run to fill up the sink. I went back to the cage put in clean perches, toys and paper on the bottom.

I went to the computer, which is a divider between the living and dining room, turned it on and started to answer e-mail.
After awhile I felt water on my toes! I immediately grabbed my crotch--nope it wasn't me! Checked where the tiels where--nope it wasn't them! And then I immediately knew what happened--I had done it AGAIN!! I had forgotten that I was filling the kitchen sink and it over-flowed. I waded back into the kitchen, turned off the tap and started to hit myself in the head. This had just happened a few weeks ago! How could I have been so stupid to let it happen again??

In any case I went to my linen closet and threw all the towels and sheets on the floor, grabbed the mop and bucket and started mopping up. It dawned on me to tell my neighbor below what happened and to check and see if they were having any leaks. Luckily their answer was no and they suggested I go to the office and get in touch with maintenance as the have a water vacuum which I did and they said they would be right up.

I ran--not walked!!--back upstairs. The tiels were out of their cage and I know it would be a job getting them back in because they are use to being out all afternoon. Needless to say they wouldn't budge staying on top of the TV. The poor maintenance guys had to maneuver this heavy awkward machine into the apartment. Needless to say the machine sent the birds into a fit screeching and flying around all over the place. I explained to the guys that the birds wouldn't fly into them but they, instinctively, kept on ducking. Now most birds would have taken a bath in the water but not mine. They prefer to be misted.

All I could think of was the Marx brothers or Abbott & Costello doing a skit about the whole thing.

It's now 5:30 and everything seems to be drying out--have all the towels and sheets on the banister of the walkway (which is a no-no here)along with the mops and the floor is looking good.

Now I have to come up with a plan so that it doesn't happen again--ummmm--how about not leaving the water running if I am going to leave the kitchen for any reason?? That sounds reasonable.

"We are not getting our feet wet!!"



The doing something stupid dance!!!