Never say, "It could be worse"!

Haven't gotten to press flower in about a week now!  Don't know when I'll get to go back to that.  We got massive amounts of rain Wednesday which caused widespread flooding.  The city storm sewers couldn't handle it all and began backing up.  We ended up with 17 inches of water in our basement! Every moment since has been spent taking care of Dad (the flooding took a huge toll on him) and trying to get it all cleaned up.  My insurance company doesn't want to pay because I didn't have flood insurance.  Why would I?  I don't live anywhere near any body or stream of water!  I'm fighting them on it.  Have to replace the freezer, washer and dryer.  Lucked out on the water heater and boiler.  We were lucky though.  Many had actual sewage back up into their basements.  We didn't...just excess rainfall.  Finally have the basement gutted and I'm exhausted.  Hope the rest of the summer is a little drier!