Rock, paper ... water

Apparently, what really doesn't survive a waterlogging is not the electronics, but the
paper products. While both my CPAP and TV are working - and while we're praying that the problem with the Playstation is about the power supply instead of the game box - my paper-based goods that sat in the water are mostly kaput.

Yesterday's photo showed the sad state of my books; here's today's photo of my now-in-the-trash games:

The damager report: Rook, Taboo and a deck of cards

The Taboo cards may look normal, but they're pretty firmly stuck together in groups of 7-30+ cards. I gave a good try at separating them, and then decided that was way too much work for a game that I could replace for about $15. At the right of the picture is the last remaining piece of the Taboo box:

The rest of the Taboo box went to the trash yesterday, in a soggy disintegrated mess that we neglected to film.

The other card games initially seem more salvageable; for instance, the Rook cards separated much more easily:


But they're still pretty soggy, slightly transparent, and covered in some sort of blue ink (the source of which I have yet to identify; it's on all the other cards too, mostly on the edges).

So it looks like I'll be making a visit to a local game store - or Amazon.com - for some replacement games in the next couple of weeks. That's alright though; I'm happy to have an excuse to go shopping!

In other news, most of my clothes are clean, and my bags are nearly repacked for the return journey to MA. I'm kind of sad, because every mile closer to my house equals a mile closer to the end of my vacation. Everyone should take multi-week vacations every once in a while; they are very awesome! But going back to work on Tuesday is going to be ... interesting, to say the least.