Get the water out of my basement

and there doesn’t seem to be any water coming in except when it rains (I’m working on stopping lessening that. The sump pump is still plugged in upstairs, but it’s running, and that’s all that counts (for now), so I’m marking this as done. And, no, I don’t want to do this again.

I unplugged it and plugged it back in upstairs, via an extension cord, and it started right up. So the problem is in the outlet/circuit rather than in the pump itself.

I’ll need an electrician to fix it, but at least I didn’t have to wait to have a new sump pump installed to start getting rid of all that water.

Gabe came over this morning and wanted to make a craft (an angel out of a mini flower pot). When we went downstairs to get what we needed, there was water all over the floor. My sump pump seems to have quit. Plus, it hasn’t rained for a week, so I’m not sure if the water has been sitting there since then, or if there is another source for all that water.

I haven’t looked at the sump pump yet, when I started to go over to check it out, the water was 2-3 inches deep, so I decided I would need my boots. Plus Gabe walking around in the water providing commentary was a bit more than I could handle. Even when I got him out of the water he still wouldn’t shut up (Gabe’s mouth runs 24/7). I decided I should leave it alone until he was gone or else we’d both end up crying – me from the stress and him from being yelled at.

Gabe just went home, so I should go down and look at it now, but I’m really, really, tired. So I think I’ll go have a good cry take a nap instead. Then I’ll call my dad and see what I can find out about sump pumps. I don’t know if they have a reset switch or something that maybe (if I’m really lucky) might just need to be flipped.