Homeless in Portland

Thanks everyone for your caring responses to our predicament. Yesterday proved to be a bit manic depressive. We met with the insurance adjuster early in the morning and it does seem like we will be covered for our loss and will even be able to make changes within the budget envelope if we desire. We don't have the final news yet on the extent of the damage. As the demo guy said: this is an ongoing investigation. So during the day we started adapting to our new life, down by the waterfront, at  the Marriott in SW Portland. We are still on "our" side of the river, but further South a bit, below downtown.  The fare-less streetcar is still running outside our doorstep. So that is all good, and we started thinking about tile color and rearranging some details in our little loft, and felt okay but then in the evening we went by our place to pick up mail and check out progress and whew ---- it's just a disaster zone there. All our stuff packed up and gone. Refrigerator standing in the living room,  other appliances in the garage, baseboards off with holes drilled in dry wall, bathroom tile partially dug out and the wood floors not even excavated yet. Looked like a long, long way to go before you could even begin to imagine it being our little house again. Sob. Oh well. We are trying to remain upbeat about this and again, no animals were maimed or killed in the making of this situation. Sadly, quite a few oak trees will be sacrificed however. 

And to further keep things in perspective --- the local eatery we tried to go to yesterday for lunch turned out to be closed, with a sign on it, saying they would reopen sometime in the future, due to electrical and plumbing problems. We are not alone. There is a big, bad world out there.