This morning when I stepped into my closet to get something, my sock was wet. How strange, I thought. I put a towel down, and pretty soon it was pretty saturated. Flashback: Now, four days after my husband died, we had a plumbing emergency at 10:30 at night, which sent me into a huge panic because it was the day after Christmas. The guy came the next day and fixed it. Okay, fine. Present: This morning, I'm frantically trying to find that plumber's business card. Nope. Then, I look up "emergency plumbers in (my location)." I couldn't get anyone to answer the phone. I thought it was my water heater. Got my oldest son, who lives here, to help me make calls. Flashback: This sent me back to the day I had to take John to the hospital and I was trying to call his doctor and waiting for a call back, and it didn't come. Present: I tend to kind of generally go into panic mode when things happen. This reminded me of that, and my head just could not focus on anything. The plumber who we finally reached told us to turn off the main water. That made it worse! That was where the water was coming from. Okay - I don't need to go into more specifics of my plumber's visit, but I can certainly tell myself that I'm doing just fine, then an emergency happens and I fall apart. My son is more stoic than comforting, so I just had to keep it together as best I could. On top of that, I had work that needed to be done by noon. Tried to ask my boss if I could put it off but he said he really wanted me to do it. Yeah, thanks. I was eventually able to offload some of it, which was a help. I'll have to call a restoration person for the wet carpet and softened subfloor in my closet. I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS!!! Did call my insurance who opened a claim for me, but this is just going to be such a headache getting this stuff fixed. This was all stuff John would have taken care of. I think I suck as a sole homeowner.

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ETA: It's now 7 p.m. It's been a loooong day. After my initial freakout (which I have always done), the plumber came and fixed the main line, I got myself together, called my insurance company to see if any of this will be covered. Not the plumbing, unfortunately, but they opened a claim for me, and the adjuster has already been out, and he's authorizing new flooring for my laundry/kitchen/dining room and new carpeting for my master bedroom and closet. I just pay my standard homeowner deductible. The restoration company came out, took measurements and moisture readings, and they will be here on Monday to tear out my flooring and carpeting. All I have to do is open the door and say hello. I'm giving myself an atta girl for getting things moving, and I'm very happy that things will be moving along fairly quickly.