Seriously!!!!!!

Can things get any worse?!? My luck has got to change...soon! After enjoying our day off on friday and getting some work done on the spare bedroom closet that we are expanding. Saturday morning Shawn's dad came over and helped up pretty much finish it. It looks great! I am so happy that it's done. We so needed it. Anyways we were both in a pretty good mood....then his dad left and we were cleaning up the mess.....Shawn was on his way to the basement to put his tools away and all of a sudden all i hear is some very bad words being yelled out! I ran downstairs to the basement steps only to see 6-8 inches or sewer water in my basement! Yes sewer water! Literally POOP floating in my basement! And to top it off saturday is my laundry day...all my clothes were in laundry baskets on the floor by the washer and dryer and I had just stripped the beds to wash all the linens. Needless to say we lost some comforters and blankets and a lot of clothes. Come to find out that the main sewer on our street was majorly clogged and of course our house was the first one next to where it turns off so we were the lucky ones. The city has admitted blame..however they want us to turn it in to our homeowners insurance and they are just giving us the run around. I am having so much fun! Can't you tell! I'm about ready to get a lawyer because I think we deserve to be compensated by the city. Our insurance only covers $1000. That's it! What if our hot water tank, furnace, washer or dryer breaks because of this. Too bad we're pretty much screwed in that case. We spent three days and three hundred dollars on materials to clean up and sanitize the basement. Ive been sick because of the bleach fumes that have engulfed my home and yesterday I went to the laundry mat to finish all our clothing. At this point I don't know what to do......