Oh GOD
I forgot that the water softener is SURROUNDED on all sides by my stuff. Boxes and boxes of stuff. We're going to have to move EVERYTHING in order to allow him to get to it and change out the filter, etc. And, since there's water involved, I'm now seriously concerned for all of my books and papers and other keepsakes in there.
Y'all, if you're reading any of this, please please pray for me, Mom, Sis, the cats, and our pipes. That this isn't going to make our landlord think about kicking us out. Because we can't afford to move. We'd end up homeless with ten cats. And that's not catastrophizing much. I'm concerned because they NEVER TOLD US about the softener. We only presumed that that was what the tank in the garage was. It didn't appear to be attached to the pipes at all, so we didn't think anything of it. Had we known that it was working and that we needed to keep up the maintenance on it, we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. I wish we knew where the copy of the lease was, since that would be a good thing to look at to make sure they didn't formally let us know in the paperwork. If they did, we're screwed. If they didn't, we can at least point to that as a reason for not maintaining the fucker.
Brie and Lili are in my room and totally freaking out about it. I've never heard Brie growl so much, and even Lili's vocalizing, which is incredibly rare. Brie is doing everything she can to try and tunnel under my door to get out. Poor baby. Bandit and Elise just wouldn't come in here. Therefore there are cats in the bathroom again. At least we cleaned it top to bottom just a second ago. About 30 minutes of frantic cleaning.
This is as horrible as it could possibly be, I hope. This is NOT what we needed at all.
Y'all, if you're reading any of this, please please pray for me, Mom, Sis, the cats, and our pipes. That this isn't going to make our landlord think about kicking us out. Because we can't afford to move. We'd end up homeless with ten cats. And that's not catastrophizing much. I'm concerned because they NEVER TOLD US about the softener. We only presumed that that was what the tank in the garage was. It didn't appear to be attached to the pipes at all, so we didn't think anything of it. Had we known that it was working and that we needed to keep up the maintenance on it, we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. I wish we knew where the copy of the lease was, since that would be a good thing to look at to make sure they didn't formally let us know in the paperwork. If they did, we're screwed. If they didn't, we can at least point to that as a reason for not maintaining the fucker.
Brie and Lili are in my room and totally freaking out about it. I've never heard Brie growl so much, and even Lili's vocalizing, which is incredibly rare. Brie is doing everything she can to try and tunnel under my door to get out. Poor baby. Bandit and Elise just wouldn't come in here. Therefore there are cats in the bathroom again. At least we cleaned it top to bottom just a second ago. About 30 minutes of frantic cleaning.
This is as horrible as it could possibly be, I hope. This is NOT what we needed at all.