The orange tree in front of the house grew through the pipe....Apparently I can appeal to the water board for a partial credit, since it didn't go down the sewer.

You are a renter; this sounds like something your landlord should take care of since he is the property owner.

Yeah, but he won't. Whatever they don't cover, I might take out of the rent and take the risk, or I may be leaving my lease a month early (and letting him keep the deposit). Don't know.

Ah, more of the slumlord shenanigans, eh? Yeah, you really need to get out of there. Very good thing you have a short lease.

I have a migraine. There is a homecoming parade marching by my house. This is not good.

I seriously feel like my head is about to explode from this noise. And there's no way to get away from it -- the parade is blocking the road, so I can't drive anywhere. The library is within walking distance, but it's also on the parade route, and it's got fluorescent lights, which will also bother me.

I suppose having one of the professors flinging water balloons at the homecoming parade would be a bad thing.

And eggs are right out, since Hil's a vegan...

Gah. Someone is trying to throw me under the bus for their own failures on a project we just wrapped up. This person is a known trouble-maker, and she's got a reputation for hogging credit while pointing fingers, but still...

I was finally relaxed enough to start being able to feel happy about what we achieved this week, and she had to go and pull this stunt. I was feeling down anyhow, and starting to pull out of it, and now this...

We're at the airport with a couple hours to spare.

have a great trip, sj!