It has been a really terrible couple of months. The weather here has been pretty yucky - if it's not raining like the apocolypse is nigh, it's hotter than hell and humid to boot. I hate summers in the south.
So not really wanting to spend a whole lot of time outdoors, I've been slaving long hours at work or holed up reading or watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer on dvd. No wonder drinking is considered a hobby in these parts.
Things at work have been progressively worsening. Besides the fact that we are rushing up on a major software upgrade in December, for which we have been preparing for close to four months now, we are also rushing up on a sudden maternity-leave fest. There are at least half a dozen people I know at work who will be out this fall, which means a fleet of temps will probably be brought in to warm a deskchair at the very least, or cause me a great deal of additional work. Yay, I'm so excited. Then there are the stupid software applications that somehow I got stuck supporting... I can feel the years dropping off the end of my life.
So when I'm not at work, I hardly have any desire to sit in front of a computer. Wait. Actually I have very little desire to sit in front of a computer at work either, but I have little choice in that matter if I want to continue to have a roof over my head.
Speaking of the roof over my head, we got our water bill last month. Apparently we used 181 units of water. We usually use 8. I figure there must be a mistake, so encourage Kris to call the water company (City of Savannah). They say they'll send someone out to check the meter. Someone checks the meter and says it's correct. Must be a leak. So Kris contacts the apartment complex, because there must be a leak. They fake up some paperwork to make it look like they are investigating (and so that we can have our over $200 water bill reduced) but water co doesn't like that. They send someone else out, who checks the meter and says that it was read incorrectly, that we will be sent a new bill. (Meanwhile, a week has passed) No new bill arrives, so Kris calls water co again. The last guy never filed a report or amended meter reading or whatever the hell he was going to do, so that reading is like it never happened. So we fork over the money to pay the now 2-day-overdue water bill. Kris tries to contact the apartment managment again, to no avail. I can tell there's a freakin' leak because there is a swamp forming around the water meters in front of our apartment. You can see said swamp from the parking lot. This saga is as of yet unresolved...
Buffy has been good. We are in the middle of the fourth season now. Didn't much care for the first season of Buffy, but starting with season two it is very addictive. Also didn't care much for the beginning of the fourth season (the Buffy goes to college year) but it is growing on me.
When I'm not watching Buffy, I've been reading. Picked up Harry Potter book 5 - Order of the Phoenix a couple weeks ago now and have been chugging through that at a leisurely pace. I'm in no hurry to get to book 6, considering the hard cover Harry Potter books weigh approximately 10 pounds. Plus they are all pointy around the edges.
That's all for now. I'm trying to get back into this whole blogging thing, but I think it will be in baby steps.
Aug.02.05 at 7:10 PM
tim writes:
nice to hear from you.
I can't believe the problems you are having with the water. That's fucking insane.
Have you noticed a significant drop in pressure?
Dan writes:
Man, every time I think I've got it bad something comes along to show me that it could be worse.
I came home one night last week to find I had no water. My neighbor called to see if it was just her that was without and told me she had called the city and been told service had been cut for non-payment. The property owner is SUPPOSED to pay that bill. Calls to him were unanswered and have yet to be returned.
Service was restored the following morning, but I cussed the guy every time I needed water that night!
Sure hope you guys get your water woes ironed out!
Matt writes:
You need a new apartment.
Meanwhile, it's hot in the worthlessly backward state of Oklahoma and I'm looking forward to seeing the Rob Zombie movie.
Additionally, I've found myself listlessly browsing Web sites for new jobs.
Ma' writes:
So..., is the water co sending out someone ELSE to read the damn meter? When they do, make them give/leave you the info so if they fail to turn it in, YOU can! And the Apartments need to be threatened with legal action, sounds like...unless it is in your lease that you are responsible from the meter into your apt...which would be highly unusual...tho' that's the way it is here on my lot.
And I sure can relate to your work schedule...and yes, it probably IS dropping years off your life. Too much overtime and high stress can do that to many of us...and/or make us ill, early in life. Esp those of us with predisposing factors, already before we even start working! Take care of yourself the best you can and Think: Leaving Georgia....Leaving Goergia...Leaving GeorgiaSOON...Leaving Georgia ... ... ...
Really glad to hear from you, even with mostly venting! Least we know you're still alive. I'd have beeen wondering but that Kris was OK. oxo
Court writes:
Keep blogging please. You are my blogging role model.
Work would be better if we could still have sushi Monday at Sakura.