the newest fun thing in our apartment
So the wall in our bedroom that clangs when the heat is on has started to leak. Melting snow must be getting in somewhere. The paint is peeling, and apparently the water is leaking into the heating apparatus somewhere, because that whole corner smells like cigarette smoke and a thick dark sludge is also leaking down the walls. F theorizes that some sort of sealant got wet. I theorize that the landlord had better fix this ASAP before all my clothes start smelling like smoke (my closet is on the other side of this wall and also shows signs of the leak, though not as bad, and I've been burning a candle in there nonstop since yesterday). Yesterday we moved the bench that usually blocks that wall off to the side, and today I put away the drying rack and covered all the clothes in my closet with trash bags to protect them from whatever dust is going to be kicked up during the work. I just cleaned out my closet yesterday, too, it looked so nice.
I am forcing myself to look on the positive side of things. I just cleaned out my closet yesterday, so there was room in there to shove all the clothes over to the side to make room for the workmen to see the wall and get in there. Only three skirts have absorbed the smell so far (the ones that were pressed against that wall during the night) and nothing else has been damaged yet. Our landlord has been pretty good about maintenance lately, so hopefully this will be resolved soon. And I am indecribably lucky to only be worrying about a wall dripping when so many other problems could be happening to me. One of my friends just buried his brother and I feel terribly for him. Puts things in perspective in a big way. It's just a wall.
Still, this has not been a banner year for my landlord. Since our lease renewed in July, we've had (1) alarms going off in the middle of the night and summoning the fire department every night, (2) a leak in our kitchen ceiling resulting in water pouring through like a fountain, (3) December's tub and toilet overflow disaster, and now (4) this. That's four major maintenance events in seven months. I think we are going to recommit to our budget and saving for a house.
I am forcing myself to look on the positive side of things. I just cleaned out my closet yesterday, so there was room in there to shove all the clothes over to the side to make room for the workmen to see the wall and get in there. Only three skirts have absorbed the smell so far (the ones that were pressed against that wall during the night) and nothing else has been damaged yet. Our landlord has been pretty good about maintenance lately, so hopefully this will be resolved soon. And I am indecribably lucky to only be worrying about a wall dripping when so many other problems could be happening to me. One of my friends just buried his brother and I feel terribly for him. Puts things in perspective in a big way. It's just a wall.
Still, this has not been a banner year for my landlord. Since our lease renewed in July, we've had (1) alarms going off in the middle of the night and summoning the fire department every night, (2) a leak in our kitchen ceiling resulting in water pouring through like a fountain, (3) December's tub and toilet overflow disaster, and now (4) this. That's four major maintenance events in seven months. I think we are going to recommit to our budget and saving for a house.