~ma for Ginger.

Birthday happies for Sean.

Thanks all! Buffistas are the best!

oh my ... I was channel-surfing last night and came across CBS's 48 Hour Mystery; they were focusing on the polygamist cult in Texas. They were talking to a man who was a "neighbor" (when you have over 1,000 acres, are they neighbors?) and he talked about meeting someone from the group for the first time. The new guy said something along the lines of plural marriage being a foundation of their beliefs. The Texas guy said something about, "so the women have two or three husbands?" ... and followed up with "they don't have much of a sense of humor". bwah!

Happy Birthday, Sean!

Mouth~ma, Ginger.

Can I get a few hairpats? I got in an accident on the way to work. Not the kind of bang you want your morning to start out with, ya know?

Oral surgery and good pain meds ~ma to Ginger.

WS sends the good ~ma.

{{Sail}} Are you ok?

Shaken as all heck, but okay. Just mad at myself. I know this one was my fault and I feel terrible for the other person. I totally trashed the driver side of her car.

ETA: By which, I mean I'm concerned for her, not the car. Her hands were all cut up by flying glass and she just shook it off. I felt like a horrible person.

{{Sail}}!!!

Dental ~ma, Ginger.

Oh noes, Sail! That really sucks. All of my hairpats are definitely yours. I know it's easy for me to say since it didn't happen to me, but I'm so very glad that it wasn't much worse.

{{{Sail}}}

Oh my Sail! How awful. Calm and back-to-balance-quick ~ma to both of you.

Eeee. t sweeping motions to blow the negative energy away from Sail's vicinity.

Speaking of negative energy...it is now me that needs a hivemind edit on an angry letter. Any recommendations deeply appreciated.

Landlord and his wife,

It pains me to, once again, have to come to you in writing but I must make very clear my concern about how repairs are made to my apartment.

The corner of the ceiling in my kitchen came down on the 20th of April, due to a roof leak. Since this was a Sunday evening, out of respect for your time I dealt with the problem myself and waited until Monday to notify you of this event.

Over the subsequent 38 days, I’ve been as patient as possible with T’s sporadic schedule and doing things in his own time. I am however, disappointed that T seems to believe the repair is complete even though the spot in the corner has been painted over in an obvious patch…over an existing patch…leaving the ceiling tri-colored. It was my expectation that the entire small ceiling would be painted so as to even out the color.

In discussing the repair, I told T that I didn’t care what color the ceiling ended up being and we both agreed that it should ‘look good.’ I see now that I should have been more specific. It is my assumption that the ceiling and effected wall should be one color.

In addition, T entered my home last night with no notification. This is completely unacceptable. It appears that he called my phone at 8:38pm, discovered that I was not home…did not leave a message…and entered while I was out.

It is true, that on two previous occasions when T worked on the ceiling, I was not here. That was perfectly fine because he had informed me of his presence in advance.

Last night, I left sensitive documents that I was working on assessable. I would NEVER have done this if I had thought an uninvited person might be present. I am ethically bound to protect these documents and do everything possible to do so.

I have done everything I can to accommodate T’s need for a ‘casual’ approach to things but it seems that each time I relax, my rights, my safety or preferences are ignored. If there is ANYTHING I can do to create communication that does not put myself at risk, I beg you to make clear to me what that might be. In the meanwhile, do not enter my apartment without notification, and please complete the ceiling repair in a satisfactory manor.