What a mess, Alibelle!

aww , what a royal pain, Alibelle!

That sucks, Alibelle. I'm sorry you have to deal with this.

Yikes Alibelle. Did you get the cute apt you linked to before?

ION - mac and I went to an open house around the corner from us. A 2 BR maybe a little larger than ours, but better used space. Asking $355K with $800 maintenance. Makes me think I could easily get that for our place.

Loki probably has all sorts of dysfunctional tales from his previous home.

This weekend, I've cleaned, shopped, got a pedicure and did my taxes. IN PEN. Taxes go to work for copying...WAIT! My printer doubles as a copier! Woohoo! But they'll still go to work to be mailed.

I am packing up the shopping cart for a morning trip to the thrift store. I was going to go to the PO also, but it will be closed. Maybe I'll take a few boxes and mail them at a 24hr APC on the way to the movie tomorrow. mac is wanting more engagement that I want to give right now. He thinks he needs help with a video game, but what he really needs is to try new things and see what works.

Thanks, guys.

I just took a cranky-pants nap and some Excedrin, had some chocolate cake, and I'm now in a much better mood. Because I did get that really cute apartment, and I'm staying at a really nice hotel (I love hotels - especially really nice ones), and I'm going to do room service for dinner, which my mom offered to treat. I also went to Barnes and Noble and bought myself a book. Also, this bed is really really nice. Come November, I'm going to have to seriously consider upgrading my mattress.

So life isn't looking quite as bad as it was a few hours ago, and I can now call my insurance company in a much better frame of mind. Plus the friend I drove to the airport was able to muscle the window up to within about four inches from the top, so it might look kind of rough, but if I can't afford to get it fixed right away it shouldn't be too hard to keep water out of that size of a space. And the car is a convertible, so I locked the glove compartment, and everything else inside should be fairly safe until I get it all fixed up.

Scrappy, I would love some book shelves! Thank you. I have a couple of book towers right now that the cats enjoy toppling upon occasion. But I am okay with ending their fun if it means more organization in my life. Plus I will totally be needing furniture for my new house! Because it is bigger than my current house, and will need to be filled up.

I do occasionally think about having a random hotel stay as a kind of mini vacation -- a clean room I didn't have to clean myself! And etc.

I do occasionally think about having a random hotel stay as a kind of mini vacation -- a clean room I didn't have to clean myself! And etc.

Me too! I'm considering staying here on Monday night at my own expense, it's $169 a night, which apparently is just about the cheapest you can do in Burbank right now and still be in a hotel and not a motel. This is the place: [link] But that's a little pricier than I want it to be, considering my other upcoming expenses. But it is really nice, and I haven't spent enough time here because I had all kinds of random obligations to deal with for friends.

I feel guilty about my cats. I've been going over every day and hanging out with them for a couple of hours, and they seem fine, but it's really chilly over there, and April keeps snuggling with the heater, apparently in hopes that it will turn itself back on. I could bring them over here, but I'm really kind of hesitant about having to cat wrangle them back into their carrying case and cleaning up a temp litter box before work when I have to check out.

Hey, in fairness, I was trying to turn Mona around. All the other dogs were in the circle, sitting next to their owners...and my dog was the only one sitting backwards.

Isn't it enough that she obey? You want her to conform, too?