25.09.2018. ex. 1 p.38

Lesson 6

Ex.1 My name is Rita Oakleaf and I would like to share with you a couple of funny stories about moving houses. The first one is called Great Flood. My husband's promotion at work meant we had to move a bit farther south. We had been looking for another house since November, but nothing had worked out by the time we sold our house. Since we didn't know when we might find a house, we had to find an apartment that we could rent by the month. I found one though we didn't have much of a choice. The day my husband went to sign the papers, the landlord called and said he had bad news. The entire apartment was flooded! Something went wrong with the toilet and it flooded the entire upstairs, poured down the stairs, and caused the kitchen ceiling to become the kitchen floor. It was very frustrating, but we also had a good laugh. We always try to find something funny in the problem. It helps not to cry.

Good things to come out of this: The most important thing was that we hadn't moved in yet, or it would have ruined all of our stuff. The landlord also knew another landlord who had one apartment left. We had more parking there, the apartment was nicer and it was closer to my family. So, it really was a blessing in disguise.