[Mari]

When we moved out we had to give 60 days notice as well.


After we got our furniture and stuff out we had an extra week or more still left on the old place. We paid a cleaning service.

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So I just checked with hubby because I was in the new place that day.

Hubby met two cleaning woman with his key at the old place.
He said that they spent about six hours cleaning behind the oven and fridge and vacuuming and such.
They took away whatever small items we had left behind including maybe some food in the freezer and a cooler
(Hubby gave away my cooler that I used for a work party once a year!)
And maybe he or they took some trash out but there would not have been much trash I think.

This was 8 years ago. He says we paid them $160 dollars. I am
not sure if he gave them a tip beyond that.


M

[OhKay]

Thank you, ladies

And I will call the office this morning and ask which Monday they plan on doing the walk through.

I wish that I could hire a cleaning company, but my husband would never agree to that. He doesn't want to spend the money, especially since he expects they will charge us damages anyway (we are smokers). He will move things for me, etc but does not help clean at all. He has pretty ****ing unreasonable expectations of me even though I'm handicapped.

If office staff is coming for an inspection Monday, they will be looking for damages vs. cleanliness, but I just like things to be more presentable whenever I'm expecting any kind of company.

My main concern is the carpet in the "cat room." I am going to rent a powerful carpet cleaner and hope that the stains aren't as noticeable after several passes. I have no doubt anything will do a better job than the piece of crap we have. It's worth a shot. It's a small room, but unfortunately there's a lot of **** in there that will need to be moved or moved around.

There are things on my list that, left undone, could draw some scrutiny. But they are things that could be done before we move out, so I've decided I'm not going to kill myself trying to do them.

I've been trying to remind myself why I started working on this list so early... I have to spread the work out and do it very slowly so I don't push myself too hard and/or hurt myself (again). It's very hard to do when you are hypo. My mind is willing, but my body is broken

[mymorgy]

hugs
love
bobby

[OhKay]

I'm not going to ask the management here what they would charge us if we left the apartment a mess. I imagine it would be a lot. One way or another, we will leave it clean.

After all the work I did, when they came to do the walk through of the apartment yesterday, they didn't even LOOK in the "cat room" LOL!!!

I was really having A LOT of anxiety because the "cat room" needed the most work and I couldn't get anything done in there because there was so much **** in my way. So, all the work I did over the weekend was hardly a waste of my time- I just didn't need to do it at breakneck speed and hurt myself doing it. There is still a lot of work to be done in there, but I've made A LOT of progress.

I wish I could just be satisfied with all that progress and allow myself to rest and heal, but I'm manic, so sitting still and not cleaning is torture. The online apartment search isn't providing me with the same kind of satisfaction as cleaning.

Aside from running errands, I did manage to sit still long enough to develop some insight into my situation. I can't continue to clean to the point where I keep hurting myself, and being manic is very dangerous for me. Medicating may mean I lose some time cleaning because of sedation, and I won't be as productive once I come down, but I have to break this episode.

My pdoc is on maternity leave until next month and I don't trust the covering one to mess with my meds. So I'm going to do exactly what my pdoc has done as step 1 since I maxed out on Seroquel, and increase my gabapentin from 300 to 400mg. I'll give it a couple of days and if I don't start to come down, I will make an appointment with the covering pdoc.

[bizi]

I am glad that you are insightful.
Sounds like your plan to increase the gaba is a good one from past experience.
Sorry that you pdoc is away on maternity leave, hope she comes back.
Well they did the inspection on a monday!!!!! Glad that that step is behind you.
I hope you can rest and repair your tired body(and mind)
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

[Mari]

Kay,

Good luck "breaking" this episode.
Work things out so you get what is best for you.


M

[OhKay]

I increased the gabapentin last night, but I still woke up at 4:30 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. I've been very high and it's only been one dose tho.

I followed up on my apartment leads yesterday:

I called the office at the complex that we would really like to move to, and and they will probably have two units opening up that will be available when we want/need to move, but there is a wait list, and the manager didn't know where we were on it when I called. He said that most people who come in just fill out an application and don't submit their financial information, but since we did, we would be higher on the list. He said he would call me back later in the day, but I haven't heard from him yet. I don't know if that is a good or bad sign. I also forgot to ask what floor the apartments are on.
Please cross your fingers for me that this situation works out... It would be PERFECT.

I called two rental agencies and they didn't have anything that was either available in our price range or accessible right now. I will continue to touch base with them occasionally if I need to. I called a third rental agency and they had nothing. I will call a fourth today.


The online apartment search is FRUSTRATING and I'm having a hard time sitting still and staying focused. I'm kinda all over the place and don't know what to do. I think it's premature to make phone calls for individual listings because most apartments are "available immediately," which likely means they won't be around in July when we are ready to move.

I'm getting EXTREMELY anxious again.

[bizi]

Keeping my fingers crossed for you that the apartment where you want to live works out for you and that they call you soon.
I am sorry this is such an anxiety producing situation. I think it is perfectly normal to be anxious about this.
Glad to hear that you will give your body a break from cleaning. maybe you can take a good nap today?
love you
bizi

[OhKay]

I am still sky high. I'm not sure, but I think I may be hypo vs. manic now. I was able to take a 3 hour nap yesterday, but I had just taken 1mg of Klonopin, so that probably helped. The higher dose of gabapentin hasn't been sedating yet, and I was up at 5am this morning.

I haven't heard back from the guy at that apartment complex yet. I'm really trying to remain cautiously optimistic, and am hoping that he is just crossing his T's and dotting his I's in some ways, for some reasons. I've been waiting for a call back since Tuesday afternoon. My husband thinks I should wait to call back until Friday.

My search is more organized now. I made a list of unacceptable places (too expensive, no pets, etc), so I will stop wasting my time clicking on them. I have called about a couple of apartments and heard back that two of them have already been rented. I haven't called other rental agencies, but will probably do that today. And I will keep searching...

But it's all very discouraging. I'm worried. Now I feel like moving was a bad idea...

[OhKay]

I did not clean the bathroom yesterday. Instead I got into doing a bunch of **** in the "cat room" I should not be doing right now. When I got going I couldn't stop... I'm am definitely still hypo. Fortunately I didn't do too much more damage to myself though.

I only have a couple of little things left to do in there now, and then all that will be left to do will be cleaning the blinds and washing the walls. I would love to finish off that whole room, but that's going to be a HUGE job that I know I'm not ready to tackle right now. I KNOW I would really hurt myself trying. I can't get into it until I'm able to pace myself and practice some restraint.

I will probably finish those little things in the "cat room" today because leaving them undone will really bother me. It won't be physically demanding or time consuming work. Since I will already be cleaning, I probably won't be satisfied with only doing that, and will probably clean the bathroom too. Hopefully I can leave it at that.