Ok... The Routine has been modified

Ok... maybe this is because I'm a new homeowner and wasn't thinking about it. Here's it is from the beginning....

My house is a split level. Meaning, when you come in the door... you can go upstairs or downstairs. My downstairs is sub level so it's partially underground. Essentially making it the basement. There is a back door to my house which leads to the mud room of my "basement". Right in front of the door, there is a drain that's used to filter water to our sump pump and then out to the street. It works really well. As long as the drain is clear...

The drain was covered with leaves and other debris. So water had collected at the bottom of the staircase leading to the back door. Once the water got high enough... it's poured into the house through the door. The mud room was entirely flooded and the water ended up getting under the walls and then under my carpet in my office (next to the mud room). WTF!!!

Long story short... I ended up spending most of my night and all of this morning trying to get things back normal... Which is, in this case, dry. I'm still working on it...

Needless to say, my routine has been interrupted and/or modified for today. It's like they say... be careful what you ask for...