Bad stuff sucks

Since I bought my house 4 years ago, I’ve had irrational fears of awful things happening to it. I’ve imagined it slowly scooting downhill and collapsing into a pile of rubble, I’ve imagined colonies of extraterrestrial fluorescent molds habitating the nether regions of the crawlspace, I’ve imagined infestations and pestilence. None has come to pass, but the other day……. I opened the furnace to replace my air filter, and when I pulled out the disgusting gray caked patty I noticed that it was soaking wet! I freaked out and looked into the chamber below the filter and the floor was soaked, the sheetrock was mildewy and warped, and I freaked out. I’ve had a headache for a week, and suddenly the big picture came crashing down on me. No, my crawlspace isn’t teeming with alien molds, however, the one place through which all air must pass in my house is contaminated and giving us all a runny nose and a headache. I replaced the filter anyway, and put a huge towel under the drip temporarily until the AC man can come blow out my drain pipes. I’ll probably have to cut out the sheetrock and replace it. Since I had to do something to make myself feel better, I ripped apart my vacuum cleaner and cleaned every tube and filter. Psychologically this had a positive effect on me, but the AC guy just called and told me he cant come until tomorrow. It’s really freaking me out. I saw a 20/20 special once where a house was overtaken by molds and mildews and everyone was sick. It was so bad they had to tear it down and build a new one. Freakin Yuck.