I was VERY bad and ate a whole veggie calzone last night. I had not had bread in almost 3 weeks… OMG was it good!!! When I weighed myself on Monday I was 154.4, and this morning I was 153.8. I thought for sure I'd gain at least a pound… maybe I did… I'll never know. Back to being a good girl.

The bug man came yesterday. I already had the cats locked up in our bedroom, and I was dressed and ready to go, so I asked him to spray. He said he would find out where the roaches were coming from. I don't know how, and I don't care as long as they stay out of my kitchen. I made sure the woman from the leasing office would lock the door after they left. I had to be out of the apartment for at least two hours, so I went to run errands.

When I got home almost 3 hours later, I found the door unlocked. I was mad as hell and called the leasing office. The ***** who was supposed to lock the door answered my call. She told me her key didn't work in my lock, so she called maintenance to pass the buck. I thought about it for about 5 minutes after I hung up, and wondered why she never called my cell (they have the number) to give me the opportunity to go back and lock it myself. I would have preferred that.

All these issues with maintenance and the leasing office are constant and we're ****ing sick of it. I have a long list of complaints including frequent no water/no hot water which is against the law. I called back and requested an appointment with the office manager and a different girl who answered the phone said she didn't know the manager's schedule, so she asked for my email address?

Before I meet with the manager, I'm going to have to make sure I have a sufficient amount of klonopin in me to be relaxed enough to be effective. I don't deal well with confrontation anymore, and my social anxiety is worse than it's ever been.

They should have called you!!!!!!!:mad:
I am glad that you are going to have a meeting with them. and yes have plenty of klonipin on board to deal with your anxiety.
frustrating to say the least!
jbizi

K,

Such awfulness to go through. You are handling it well.
I wish the apt people did their jobs and took better care of your place and of you.


M

I got an email back from the assistant office manager letting me know that the manager would be out of the office for several days, but she would be happy to help me with my "urgent maintenance request."
I called her to let her know that I wanted to sit down to address a number of concerns, and we made an appointment for 1pm.

She was very nice. I was surprisingly calm and direct. We addressed my immediate, recent concerns first. Then I told her that every time I call the office to report a maintenance issue, I'm made to feel like a PITA, and the office staff is often rude. Maintenance issues are often done half-assed, so we have called about some problems (especially water damage) repeatedly over the years (I won't list them all). As a result, we have basically given up and live in an expensive apartment that looks like a ****ing dump. I gave her a list of issues that need to be addressed in my apartment.

She was very apologetic, and put in a work order for all of the maintenance issues, and will follow up. I also asked her to put my reserved handicapped sign back up. I had it pulled when I wasn't driving. It was a pleasant and productive meeting.

I have no idea when maintenance will come to fix the issues, or how long the repairs will take.


The recommended time for stage 1 of the South Beach Diet is two weeks, and I've done it for 3 weeks now, losing 9.2lbs despite my cheating. When I started the diet the first time I was 167lbs, so I lost 13.6 overall.

I'm actually enjoying the diet as is, but it's very restrictive, so I'm going to kinda switch to stage 2 now, and start adding adding a serving of fruit to my diet once a day. I hope it will help with my pop tart cravings :p
The expectation is to lose 1-2 pounds a week this way.

A week from now I can add an approved starch, and so on, as long as I'm not gaining weight. Whether or not I will do it that quickly, I don't know.


I have to go grocery shopping again. I know I complain about that every week, but that's how much I loath it. I just hope I'm as lucky as I was last week as far as parking, crowds, and rude people.
I didn't have as have as many problems with my meal plan or food list this week, but that's because I really didn't over think it. My priority is having enough food for both of us to eat.

It sounds like a good meeting.:)
I need to jump in the shower.
sigh
we all have things that we dread doing.
Hope you are lucky and have a good shopping experience!
bizi

I don't know what maintenance will do when they get here, but I took pictures of my bathroom ceiling. I don't see how they can patch and spray everything- the ceiling clearly needs to be replaced… and I don't know what they'll do about the crack in the wall.

Grocery shopping went well yesterday. There were a lot of people in the store, but I didn't encounter anyone particularly rude, things moved along at a pretty good pace, and I didn't have to wait long in line to check out. After two weeks, it looks like I've finally identified a good day and time to do my shopping :)

I'm going to be washing my living room walls. My husband's been talking about (likely me) doing it for a long time, and when the office staff accompanied pest control into our apartment, they complained about the strong odor of cigarette smoke and I was embarrassed by that, but I will be doing it for us… **** them.

I started out by cleaning the bathroom walls yesterday because they need to be done, and it will be easier for maintenance to match any paint they may use on their projects in there. The walls are sparkling clean, but between doing that, and going grocery shopping, I'm pretty sore this morning.

I'm going to have to be very careful not to overexert myself. I have a habit of thinking it looks like I didn't do enough, or maybe I have more in the tank than I do, and I get myself into trouble. So, I have set what seems to me to be a rather modest goal for myself today.

My husband will have to pull all the furniture away from the walls in the heart of the living room so that I can get in there to clean. He will be here to do that this weekend. I have an extra mop. Maybe I'll get some help…

YOu have been very busy! good luck getting that help this weekend!
((((HUGS)))
be careful!
bizi

I've been starting to notice some unwelcome side effects from the increase in lithium… I have a slight tremor from the MS, but it's worse now, and I know it's from the lithium because the same thing happened the last time I took it. Also, I've started to see mild flesh-colored acne when I first went back on it, and now I'm getting pimples since the increase. The problem got severe before I stopped it (due to toxicity) and it took about 6 months to clear up… I have scars.
I'm going to call my pdoc on Monday to see if we can reduce the dose. Both issues really bother me. I was treating the mild acne with an old prescription from the dermatologist, but I could use more firepower. I may make an appointment with him. While the tremor is particularly concerning, I'm not going to call my neurologist because I know it's medication-related and only decreasing or stopping the med will help. I have an appointment with him next month.


I kind of misjudged the difficulty of my project, and how much time it would take. Three doors intersect where I began, so almost everything at height-level had to be done by hand. The whole project took hours, and I took a lot of breaks, but it's done. My husband gave me pretty high compliments, which is rare :)

I have the opportunity to get behind the TV or sofa today because my husband is home to move the furniture, but I don't know if I want to or should do anything today. I'm pretty sore and tired.
My husband is in a lot of pain after a long hard day at work yesterday. I don't expect any help from him this weekend.
The Pat's game is on at 1pm tomorrow. I'm going to watch and enjoy it, and don't plan on doing any cleaning before or after.

Kay,

You have a good amount of stamina and energy.

I am happy to hear that you are making progress with your place.

M

You are amazing kay!
may I suggest what I use for stuborn acne and have for years.
It is called acne free. I get it at target but walmart carries it as well.
it is a 3 part system like proactive using bensoperoxide. I don't use the toner as it is too harsh for my skin.
I don't wear make up...I wash my face with the cleanser twice a day and apply the repair lotion just at night.
may I ask why you started up with the lithium again when you have had these 2 side effects acne and tremors before?
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi