OF COURSE, ALWAYS SOMETHING!!!

Okay, so I moved in, put everything in as much order as I could, but it was difficult as the place was painted “poop” brown. (very, very depressing!) However, my karma must have been in the good zone because the fan on the air conditioner never worked. Luckily, it was not hot yet. It did finally get hot, though, so I had to tell the landlord (who had told me her husband said I could not paint) and she and her husband came over to check it out. Meanwhile, sewage had backed up into the tub in the guest bath and in the shower in the master bath. Well, something in the electrical system of the air conditioner so they had to call an electrician. When they came in I appealed to the husband, saying I knew he loves the color, but I really need to live in blue. Of all things, the landlord then had to confess that he had not really said that. She liked the color. By the time they left, though, enough things had gone wrong that they said I could paint it!! Hooray! So, Saturday, that is exactly what I did. I even repainted the fireplace white. To add to their misery, they had never experienced a back up in the bathrooms before and thought it was probably a one-time occurrence where someone had already called the association for repair. What they hadn’t thought of, though, is that I live here. So upon returning from work about 4 days after the first occurrence, I noticed that there was sewage in the bathrooms again. I called Michele and reported it and she said she would call the association. Since it was already 9:30, I told her I was sure it could wait until morning as all of the sewage was dry by then. Silly, silly me! About 3:30 in the morning, I heard this glug glug sound (not good), got up and checked the bathrooms. Well, the tub in the guest bathroom was 2/3 full, the shower in my bathroom was almost full and neither toilet worked!! So, I managed to wait until 6 a.m., when I called and woke Eileen so I could go there and shower and take Gina so I would have to leave her alone in case it flooded over the tubs before anyone could get there to fix it. Luckily, as Shakespeare said “all’s well that ends well”. I believe it is finally fixed and my landlord even gave me a pedicure for being such a good sport! Still trying to figure out how to get photo on. Thanks for checking. Ricci