RE: Congrats to my Folks - 50 Years of Marriage and Counting!
Glad to see you back. Fifty is quite a milestone, my parents and in-laws hit it a "few" years ago. Unfortunately I see it coming less and less as time goes on. At some point with the current generation it will be unheard of.
You can always count on Murphy's law. On the bright side there was nothing major that couldn't be easily restored. My uncle went on a trip and returned to find a hose on their wash machine had burst and flooded their house. Although insurance covered it, they spent close to 6 months in a hotel while the house was repaired (long bad contractor(s) story in there).
Glad you where able to put all your hard work aside for a bit to start a family 😜 Congratulations to you and Michelle it will be awesome for you guys. I know you will be great.
Thanks for all the kind words @bushkill, and you're right... definitely nothing major this time around. We have, however, dealt with similar things in the past as what happened with your uncle (from blocked water pipes, to a frozen pipe that burst).
"Luckily" for us, the damage was contained early enough that it didn't cause nearly as much damage as it sounds like your uncle went through. Also probably helped that there are pumps on standby in the basement to help deal with just such occurrences.
Regarding my "new role", let's just say that it wasn't really planned (though perhaps it was subconsciously, as we're all getting a bit "up there" age-wise)... lol
I'm still rather terrified about the whole thing. I dunno about being "great", but I'll certainly give it my best! :)