I'm thinking about moving. Frankly, I had planned on staying in this flat from day one (2006) 'til I finished my PhD and moved away to teach in some non-Arizona place. But ever since the new owners and their new management company started putting pressure on "improving" this place, it's become annoying to live here ( Read more... )

One room. I asked for ONE FUCKING ROOM to not be invaded-- the bathroom. Where I have put the cats. Because I am leaving for a while ( Read more... )

WHAT THE FUCK!? So, remember how we got notes last week about the damn water heaters and washer/dryer hook ups, and when I asked in the office they told me ONE DAY? Yeah, apparently not so much ( Read more... )

( Rambling about Lampshades, actually )

I got up at 8:30ish so that I could herd the cats into the bathroom by 9, in case the apartment people were coming. They did, in fact, show up at 10, and there were three of them and they looked at my water heater and that was all. Evidently this is not a one day thing as I was led to believe, but rather they'll be installing a new water heater ( ( Read more... )

Today I totally overslept-- I was supposed to be at rehearsal at noon, so I set my alarm for 10am. I, uh, got up at 1pm. Fuuuuuck ( Read more... )

Woke up late, but managed to get Jack to the vet just 4 minutes past when I was supposed to. (And I called ahead to warn them.) We were out within 10minutes, too, which was convenient. Jack's mouth looks a whole lot better. He behaved better for the vet (allowing them to look) because he's clearly in less pain. He didn't want to be at the vet ( Read more... )

After so many weird and somewhat-negative days (I'm looking at you, Last Thursday, with your Neurologist Appointment, Bad Student Evals, and Vet Appointment. Oh yes. You.) today was a Really Good Day in many ways.

First, class was fine. There was a bit of a downside when I just could not get my students to understand that standards of beauty ( Read more... )

Is it any wonder, really, why I don't call maintenance for help right away, even when I need it ( Read more... )

And, they're still here. ("All" they have left is to fill a few holes and paint. But, uh, that's pretty much the definition of this entire job, so I don't really trust that as being "all".)

I'm getting on towards needing to pee. But the bathroom is currently such a disaster area that even if I were willing to be all, "Hey, I need to pee," I'd ( Read more... )