- Our box of favorite clothes through the decades - from my mom's seventies bellbottoms outfits, to Benson's silver rave pants, to my cheerleading uniforms
- A box entirely filled with my college photos and Delta Gamma sorority memories (I found my pledge card and pledge pin, how fun!)
- all of Benson's old yearbooks and high school/college memories
- A box with most of Benson's signed original copies of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Items that did not make it through so well included:
- my college paperwork and reference notes from favorite courses
- Benson's airsoft/paintballing clothes and accompanying paraphernalia
- some winter coats (which we just stuck in the dryer and there is no water damage, yay!)
- ...and the worst - Benson's videogame collection, made up of all the games he has worked on over the last 12 years and his favorite hit games from the last 20 (original Doom, Quake and Lara Croft included!!) Not all are damaged due to the way they were stacked (including the three listed, thank goodness) but enough are wet that we might have to trash some.
We have most of the items listed above laid out on sheets in the dry part of the garge, with a fan blowing on them. While this is frustrating to deal with, we are grateful that the situation wasn't worse- the house didn't burn down, the damage was minimal, and we'll be done with the drying and repairs in just a few days.
