babbling and cleaning
that's what this weekend has been about, when the TV wasn't distracting me, that is... details will surely be in the babbling which will pop up as some entries behind the candoor, but the ups and downs of life made this weekend fun and giddy and frustrating and all in all, good...
Saturday was spent doing laundry, unpacking boxes, and cleaning... I finally have everything that can be unpacked was unpacked here and everything was where it belonged when I finally went to sleep this morning (yes, the marathon cleaning went on past today's sunrise)...
I said was...
when we moved in to this apartment, somewhat against our wishes, but forced in a rush due to the hurricanes of 2004, there were many things unfinished and/or done very poorly... first off, it took them until February to finally have an apartment ready for us (that meant five months in a hurricane damaged apartment... they did give a 20% discount in rent, but still, it's a long time)... then they called on a Thursday evening and said we needed to be packed for a move on Saturday...
I said no way, they called back and said they rescheduled the movers for the following Saturday... I asked to view the apartment, they said it wouldn't be ready until the following week... I asked how they were expecting to move us in on the first Saturday when the apartment was not going to be ready until the following week and got dead air as a response...
sometimes I think that is all they have in their heads...
we got to see the apartment the night before move in and I had a list of fixes they needed to take care of when the movers arrived... the office wasn't open yet... I made the movers wait (they didn't mind, the apartments were paying them hourly) and when the office opened I had them walk through the apartment with me and they promised everything would be fixed if we'd do them the favor of not wasting the movers they paid for so we let them move us in...
the first week here they had to rip our the kitchen ceiling and re-do it and fix dozens of other things... one of the things they didn't fix was the clothes bar in my closet... I pointed out that it didn't have a support bar like most of the closet bars do and they assured me it didn't need it...
so after I washed, folded, hung up, and put all of my clothes away yesterday, I was awakened today by a loud crash... the closet bar broke and all my neatly folded clean clothes were spread out on the closet floor...
so now all the clothes are piled on the bed... the shirts will need ironing or re-washing (depending on whether I feel like ironing) and lots of refolding will be needed when they fix the closet...
and it's Sunday, remember...
I called the office, which is supposed to be open from 12 to 5 on Sundays and got their answering service... they took my info and said they faxed the office... I called again a half hour later and got the answering service again... I called every ten minutes, figuring they might be out showing prospective new people apartments and each time I got the answering service... the answering service was apologetic after expressing annoyance with the office which was supposed to be open... they faxed the problem to the office again...
the office closes in five minutes and no response and no one ever answered the phone... so I'll be sleeping in the big green chair tonight because the bed is covered with clothes... and the clothes will definitely be wrinkled tomorrow... and they will come to "fix" things when I am at work so I will not be able to inspect or express my displeasure that this was a problem they refused to fix when they rushed us into an unfinished apartment...
they will hear about it though... and so will any prospective new people who happen to be in the office when I find time to go in and vent... and they will hear it on the web on a couple of sites that rate apartments... but they just don't care... everything else about this place is nearly ideals... location, amenities, environment, safety, extras, all great... just the management sucks...
but everything was unpacked, cleaned, washed, and put away where it belonged for a little while... and the universe tells me how foolish putting all that effort into the appearance of the environment really is... and that inspires laughter from deep inside where I know that casual, comfortable, and very lived-in is the best environment for me... so in the end, it's all good...
so how was you weekend? J
Saturday was spent doing laundry, unpacking boxes, and cleaning... I finally have everything that can be unpacked was unpacked here and everything was where it belonged when I finally went to sleep this morning (yes, the marathon cleaning went on past today's sunrise)...
I said was...
when we moved in to this apartment, somewhat against our wishes, but forced in a rush due to the hurricanes of 2004, there were many things unfinished and/or done very poorly... first off, it took them until February to finally have an apartment ready for us (that meant five months in a hurricane damaged apartment... they did give a 20% discount in rent, but still, it's a long time)... then they called on a Thursday evening and said we needed to be packed for a move on Saturday...
I said no way, they called back and said they rescheduled the movers for the following Saturday... I asked to view the apartment, they said it wouldn't be ready until the following week... I asked how they were expecting to move us in on the first Saturday when the apartment was not going to be ready until the following week and got dead air as a response...
sometimes I think that is all they have in their heads...
we got to see the apartment the night before move in and I had a list of fixes they needed to take care of when the movers arrived... the office wasn't open yet... I made the movers wait (they didn't mind, the apartments were paying them hourly) and when the office opened I had them walk through the apartment with me and they promised everything would be fixed if we'd do them the favor of not wasting the movers they paid for so we let them move us in...
the first week here they had to rip our the kitchen ceiling and re-do it and fix dozens of other things... one of the things they didn't fix was the clothes bar in my closet... I pointed out that it didn't have a support bar like most of the closet bars do and they assured me it didn't need it...
so after I washed, folded, hung up, and put all of my clothes away yesterday, I was awakened today by a loud crash... the closet bar broke and all my neatly folded clean clothes were spread out on the closet floor...
so now all the clothes are piled on the bed... the shirts will need ironing or re-washing (depending on whether I feel like ironing) and lots of refolding will be needed when they fix the closet...
and it's Sunday, remember...
I called the office, which is supposed to be open from 12 to 5 on Sundays and got their answering service... they took my info and said they faxed the office... I called again a half hour later and got the answering service again... I called every ten minutes, figuring they might be out showing prospective new people apartments and each time I got the answering service... the answering service was apologetic after expressing annoyance with the office which was supposed to be open... they faxed the problem to the office again...
the office closes in five minutes and no response and no one ever answered the phone... so I'll be sleeping in the big green chair tonight because the bed is covered with clothes... and the clothes will definitely be wrinkled tomorrow... and they will come to "fix" things when I am at work so I will not be able to inspect or express my displeasure that this was a problem they refused to fix when they rushed us into an unfinished apartment...
they will hear about it though... and so will any prospective new people who happen to be in the office when I find time to go in and vent... and they will hear it on the web on a couple of sites that rate apartments... but they just don't care... everything else about this place is nearly ideals... location, amenities, environment, safety, extras, all great... just the management sucks...
but everything was unpacked, cleaned, washed, and put away where it belonged for a little while... and the universe tells me how foolish putting all that effort into the appearance of the environment really is... and that inspires laughter from deep inside where I know that casual, comfortable, and very lived-in is the best environment for me... so in the end, it's all good...
so how was you weekend? J
posted by candoor at 4:34 PM
3 Comments:
I'm so sorry for the crashing of the closet pole which is made so extra frustrating by all the effort you put in to organization this weekend. :( I hope the rant helped though, and will help when you vent to them. I'm not sure...I like a nice environment too...is that bad? I know the idea is to just *be* wherever we happen to find ourselves, but I do like certain environments better than others. And I am affected by the moods of others.
Anyway, I had a weekend of creating, immersed in watercolor, left the ironing in a big heap and abandoned it in favor of the colors and the water and the brushes and the paper. It just felt so good.
I hope work is good and life is good and you are still managing some smiles and laughter admidst the chaos.
Sending you love, hugs, smiles, and a new closet pole :)
Hi Candoor,
some Fantasy Sand
And it's Monday, hope you managed to get all your clothes neatly sorted - again.
wow... sand art... wow... I love it... and you for bringing it here...
the clothes remain on the bed but the bar (which is really more a rack) was back up when I got home - with two support bars... but... only two screws for the left bar holder when the previous left bar holder had three... do they taunt us with their incompetence?... anyway, it's "fixed" and if it collapses again, they'll fix it again...
but life is wonderful :)
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