Sump Pumps

Well, here it is, 3:55 in the morning and I am disturbingly awake, although the bright screen is assaulting my eyes. I woke up around 3:15, just as awake as if I'd had ten hours of sleep when, in fact, I've had less than three. I had been half awake for a bit before fully waking up. I lay there for a bit trying to figure out what my problem is. I didn't really have to go to the bathroom and I wasn't terribly thirsty. What else is there to wake up for at 3:00 in the morning?

I decided that maybe I should go use the bathroom and get a drink, then maybe I could go back to sleep. I went to the bathroom out in the hall and I heard the indoor sump pump kick on, and thought mildly in passing that it must be raining pretty hard because it doesn't usually come on unless it's raining too hard for the outside pump to keep up. And then less than 30 seconds later, it kicked on again. And then again. Uh-oh, trouble in paradise. I grabbed my trusty Dewalt flashlight and went outside and moved the manhole cover to the side and peered down into the depths. Sure enough, the water level is quite high. Something must be wrong with the outside sump pump. Sigh.

Now what does a person do? Do they wake Dad up? Do they wait until morning? Can anything be done at 3:20 in the morning?

I woke Kris up and asked her what she thought that I should do. "I forget about sump pumps," she said. I'm not sure what that meant. She finally said that she thought that it would be better to wait, after all it's only 4 hours til Dad is for sure up. So I went back to bed and tried to go back to sleep but somehow, there is no sleep to be had. I can hear the faint rumble of the sump pump kicking on and off, every 30 seconds. I guess my fear is that it too will quit and then there will be water in paradise.

I turned on my CD player and I can still hear it. So here I am and it's now 4:15. I've set my alarm to go off around 5:30; maybe I'll call Dad then.

I'm sure Kris is over in her room just sleeping away. How annoying is that? Responsibility really stinks sometimes.

By the way, it's really chilly outside.

I could try to work on my homework but somehow...that might wake me up too much. Grrr And I'm beginning to feel half sick to my stomach now. I guess I'll go try the sleep thing again.