This week is the week following rent. Rent is due, DUE, on the first, not the third. Grace is a privilege, and 2 days of grace is two days following the first. Grace doesn't extend to the fifth. Rent is DUE on the first! How many calls can one get for paying rent? Well I got exactly 34 calls that went something like this, "I can pay some today, but I can't get the rest until Friday so can I pay all of it then?", which of course is the fourth, not the first, not the third. "Yes, you can pay on the fourth but you will have to add the late fee in", I replied, "and it will have to be in the office by 4:45. The doors automatically lock at 5:00 so don't even knock, I can't let you in". No they didn't show up. Really, I wouldn't have either, the same amount is due on Monday so you might as well wait until then. Still, there was the promise that they would be there, so I waited. What a dufus. I won't be waiting any longer. We have a drop box outside the office door, use it, the doors will still auto lock at 5 so you better be in before then. I'll know if you were, trust me. I can't wait for the boss to be back so that he can handle this stupid form of bookkeeping. Don't give me your song and dance story. I am not sympathetic.Here's an idea, pay on the 25th prior to the 1st so that you are not scrambling around on the 4 trying to pay your rent. The mortgage is due and the bank makes no provision for late payments, just foreclosure. Pay the rent!
But the story of the week went like this, I got a trouble ticket for mold in the shower stall. These were the words written in the ticket, " There has been a mold build up in my shower/bathtub area. Could you send over somebody to clean it". Seriously!? I am not a maid, we don't run a maid service. This was my emailed response to him, "Hi XXXXX, The mold in your bathroom is a part of your general housekeeping. You can purchase sprays and gels from the grocery store, Target, Walmart or Home Depot to clean the shower. This is common in any area where there is water and humidity. This is your responsibility to keep clean".
Mold has become the new four letter word and people believe all mold is black mold and will kill you if you touch it, so to keep them from dying, they would prefer you send someone else out with a death wish to clean. Nope, isn't going to happen. Honestly, this has happened before and I am amazed that they must not be cleaning anything if they haven't figured out they they should be cleaning the bathroom. Plus, what do they think when they go down the cleaning isle at the local grocery store? I have to think that maybe they are trying to prank me, but then I return to reality and know that they are not going to clean their apartment/home. One lady even said she was afraid that the chemicals in the cleaner would mean she would have to be out of her house for hours! I told her to run the vent fan in the bathroom and shut the door if she was concerned. Now, I will say, these two people were "not from around here" and maybe they don't understand our cleaning methods, but I happen to know they read English very well and can understand what the concepts are. Oh well, I still won't go and clean your shower so don't even ask.
The root canal ended okay, still a bit sensitive and I am looking forward to see the chiropractor to put my jaw in place. I don't ever want to do that again! But I have found a new friend in the drug industry to help me get over the edge. I hope I can remember that in the future (with menopause that may become difficult) when I need to have more dental work done. I do miss the laughing gas.
It's weekend time and the sun is out today, a rarity for May in San Diego. I got a free wheel barrow yesterday and I might just act like a farmer and push it around the yard. Really not much going on out there, but Stick Dog thinks it's fun if I chase him around with it. Silly dog! He runs with what's left of his planter box while I chase him and it's all the best game in town. When the barrow is empty, it bounces over the tree roots and looks like a wreck in motion. Yeah, I am sort of shallow and find stupid fun in silly ways, but laughing is good for the soul and my soul needs some good.
The Girl has been busy this week doing proctoring for the high school AP tests. What a slice of life she has seen. We didn't do AP testing (no clue what that was at the time) so she is in a building at the Del Mar fair grounds with 800 students taking these timed tests in subjects I can't even spell. There were a couple of melt downs from students who were so pressured by the test taking that their life was dramatically altered by the thoughts of failure. How sad. Girl is very good with kids in the that age group and is a calming factor. She spend each Tuesday evening with the Jr. High group at church and totally digs the responsibility and the kids. My hat goes off to her. They can be so hyper that it makes my heart skip a beat or two to think that I would have to interact in the same capacity.
She is also in the midst of finals. Unbelievable that we have come to that time again so quickly. I am proud of her. On the first of June, she will move into the sorority house for a year. I will miss her because I love her, but she is going to have a blast. So will I. God truly gives us what we need to get through the tough times in life and more. I went and picked up a few things for her move, everyday stuff that she will need and won't think about until she gets settled in. Keeps her from making the run to Target at 8 o'clock at night.
This week ends with a bang. Next week is a mystery but I am sure it has a lot of stories.
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