[bizi]

oh you poor thing.
(((((((HUGS)))))))
rest some more.
bizi

[Mari]

Kay,

I am relieved to hear that you got help at urgent care.

Get rest.

'Sending lots of get well wishes.


M

[OhKay]

Thank you for your well wishes :group hug:
I'm feeling a little bit better.
I need to buy a new thermometer so I can pick up on things like this sooner.

We lost water twice on Saturday before I called the office at noon. I flushed the pipes when it came back on the first time because the water was brown. The girl on the phone had no information for me, but said she would put in a work order and get back to me when she knew more. The brown water came back on once for a short time before it went off again. I got an email around 3 (3 hours after I called) saying there was a broken pipe underground that needed to be fixed and the water would be off for "5-8 hours." To their credit it only took 4.

I'm so sick of this ****ing place!!! My kitchen faucet is still leaking, I'm still waiting for the contractor to come and look at my bathroom ceiling (and God knows how long it will be before they actually fix it), and the last I heard it was going to take "a couple of weeks" for the stencils to arrive to finish the sign for my parking spot


Every 4 years I stay up and watch the election results come in. It's going to be hard this year because I usually go to bed around 10:30pm and wake up between 5-6:30 every morning. I will try my best to stay awake even though it will probably be very late before the election is called.

Meanwhile, I've been sucked into the 24 hour news cycle.

[bizi]

Glad that you are better today my dear! rest today.

I am sick of this campaign don't like my choices....
what is our country coming to?
bizi

[OhKay]

Yesterday I baked a devils "fools" cake in honor of the election. I decorated it and it looked so pitiful! lol. I stayed up passed 2:30am only to pass out during Trump's acceptance speech!!!

I had a horrible day yesterday. I'm sorry this is long, but this was a really, really big anxiety provoking situation for me… I got so anxious and upset that I actually threw up, and that hasn't happened in a very long time.

A guy from maintenance came with a putty knife and a pail of spackle for our ceiling. I told him I'd been expecting a contractor because I was told by the assistant manager from the leasing office twice that one would be coming. He said that they don't hire contractors and he was there to scrape off the loose popcorn from the ceiling and spackle over it…

When I walked by to put laundry away in the bedroom, I took a peek at what he was doing and saw a HUGE black spot on the ceiling with some little holes! And it wasn't even the area directly effected by the water damage!
I knew his plan was to cover it up. I knew it shouldn't just be covered up. I didn't know how to handle the situation, and basically panicked. I ended up telling him to stop working, but I wasn't calm, cool, or collected about it. He said he was going to get the maintenance supervisor to come over and left to get supplies to clean up the mess he made in the bathroom.

Meanwhile, I texted pictures to my husband and called him to ask him what to do. He was irate and was of no help, because all he did was yell, and that made my anxiety ten times worse.

When the maintenance supervisor showed up, he treated me like an idiot because he didn't know where I got the idea that a contractor was coming. He said that he took samples of the ceiling and sent them out to be analyzed for mold. He said the came back negative. Even though the samples came from nowhere near the damage, he said if there was mold anywhere in the apartment, the small samples he took would have come back positive… I'm fairly sure that's ********. I still refused to let them cover the area up, they sprayed for mildew, and left.

Not 10 minutes later, the assistant property manager called me to pressure me to let them cover the damage up. She was very condescending, and basically just repeated what the maintenance supervisor said. She wants to know what I want to do no later than today so this won't drag on (even though we've been waiting for this to be fixed for like 5 years)… I took that to mean that she wants me to tell her that I'll consent to let them cover up the ceiling today.

It was me vs the world

I took a look at my ceiling last night…
The mildew spray they used exposed several large holes with white fibrous threads where the sheetrock should be… mold… dead or alive, but mold.

I'm going to try to make an appointment with the assistant property manager today to share some pictures and speak to her. She needs to see the picture to see why I'm not comfortable with what they want to do and understand I'm not being unreasonable… I want maintenance to remove the popcorn from the area that was directly affected from the water damage and aggressively treat or replace (at least) the sheetrock in those effected areas before they retexturize the ceiling… not unreasonable.

When I see her I will also let her know how displeased I was to find out we had diarrhea water again at midnight last night!

I'm very tired from being up so late. I hope a shower will refresh me. I've taken 1mg of klonopin, but I'm still tied up in knots, so will need at least another 1/2 before I meet with her. I need to make an outline of what I want to say before I go so. It will help keep my anxiety in check and keep my interaction with her more professional vs emotional.

Meanwhile, I'm starting to look for a new apartment.

[Dmom3005]

Kay
I think you might need to report the apartment complex too.

And I'm glad you fought for your rights. Keep it up.

Keep us up to date on how things are going.

I would be looking for a different apartment too.
Donna

[OhKay]

The department of health was closed yesterday because of the elections. I just called back.
I explained the situation to the lady on the phone and she said I need an inspector to come down, so one will be here between 10am and noon tomorrow. How's that for service?

I called the assistant property manager and let her know that the inspector was coming. She didn't seem very happy about that development, but tough ****. I said I didn't call because of punishment or retaliation. It was in both our interests to have the work done right. She asked me to call her to let her know when the inspector arrived so she could send over someone from maintenance, and I agreed. I told her I would respect the outcome of the inspection and allow them to repair the ceiling in the way the inspector thinks is appropriate.

I will feel much better after the inspector comes. I'll be able to avoid future conflict with the office because the decision is out of my hands now.

[bizi]

Thank you for explaining kay.
Now I understand.
What a mess for you.
so sorry that you are going thru this ********.
sorry you got sick over it.
(((((HUGS)))))
klonipin is our friend.
love bizi

[Dmom3005]

Good Job Kay

Let us know what you find out okay.

Donna

[OhKay]

I guess the inspectors don't deal with mold, but can compel landlords to test for it and provide them with reports. In my case, I didn't need to deal with that because the part of the ceiling that was exposed was rotten from it. We had to wait about 10 minutes before the maintenance supervisor arrived, so I was able to explain how they handled/mishandled the water damage over the years and could express my concerns about it. The area's not exposed, but there are still indications of underlying damage.

The inspector suggested removing and replacing half the ceiling. The maintenance supervisor raised no objection, and said it would actually be easier for him because taking care of the area by the water damage would have been very difficult otherwise… I think his hands were tied before.

It was a big relief to have someone with authority look at the ceiling and tell them what had to be done. I didn't have to make any decisions or demands. I'm very satisfied with how things turned out.

They're going to fix the ceiling next week. Since I won't be able to go to the bathroom while they're here, I'll take my trip to the outlets that day and run up the mileage on the car so I can go back and get it inspected. I will have to lock the kitties in the bedroom so that they're not underfoot and don't inhale anything coming off the ceiling.

My husband's afraid that they're going to try to evict us because I called the Health Department, but by law they can't do that. They could try to find another reason though. The only thing I can think of is "damage to the apartment" because of our smoking, but we've been living here for 7 years, and there was no smoke-free policy in place when we moved in, and the health inspector didn't make any comment about the smell when she was here.

My husband had me all worked up looking for apartments. When he told me to do it, it was with a sense of urgency, but when I asked him about a potential move-in date (because landlords want to know that type of thing), I couldn't pin him down. He said he didn't want to move soon "unless the right apartment comes up." He couldn't make up his mind whether he wanted to move or not.

Our lease doesn't expire until August. Breaking our lease would leave us liable for rent until they find a new tenant, and because of all the half-assed repairs they have done in here over the years, the apartment would need quite a bit of work before they could get a tenant in here for the rent we pay now. Maybe they would go after us for it, maybe not. The only way out of the lease is if the apartment management co. agreed to let us off the hook, and I doubt they would do that.

I decided it's not worth the risk of breaking the lease and being on the hook for a lot of money we can't afford. So, I stopped looking for apartments. We will just have to make the best of it here for now.
If we do get evicted, or they do try to somehow force us out, I have already done research, so it will be easier to find an apartment.

My anxiety's been ****ing sky high. I still haven't calmed down. I was probably already wound up before all of this.