the TOTAL ASSHOLE serviceman from Ameren Cilco called me just after 8 a.m. this morning. he was at my place; where was the person to let him in. “are you at a big yellow house?” i asked. no. he was at 104 NORTH main street and i live on 104 SOUTH main (actual house color and street location have been cleverly changed to maintain my anonymity. at least until i get my lemonade stand\/cookie business up and running out on the parkway.)<\/p>\n
he then said his order was for NORTH main and so i\u2019d have to call in the order YET AGAIN. which would mean waiting ALL FUCKING DAY AGAIN. and the thing, this ASSHOLE acted like i\u2019d told them north instead of south!<\/p>\n
can you see how upset i am by this? swearing in both of my opening paragraphs, when i always refrain from swearing on here all the time? very very upset.<\/p>\n
i explained that i\u2019d spent the entire day before in the freezing cold house waiting for the Ameren Cilco man and he never showed up and couldn\u2019t he just drive down to south main? he then said in this TOTAL ASSHOLE SNOTTY VOICE, “let me explain this again,” and then he said all the same crap again and i was SO MAD and so i had to call in my new order and they absolutely didn\u2019t care that they had screwed up. i kept telling the women that there was no way i\u2019d have said NORTH main because the word “north” never crossed my lips.<\/p>\n
she said somebody would be there by four. I HATE THEM ALL. A LOT.<\/p>\n
back in the cold house. L. (lars) put up all my great new miniblinds. the Insight cable man arrived and now i have HIGH SPEED WIRELESS INTERNET. WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY, MISS SMITH.<\/p>\n
about time.<\/p>\n
except of course that i\u2019m not actually there using it because i HAVE NO FUCKING HEAT.<\/p>\n
so the gas guy shows up at 2:30 and was quite nice and the burners on the stove are now working. and the water heater. but he couldn\u2019t get the furnace to start. and the knob on the oven won\u2019t turn so i can\u2019t turn on the oven. there was suddenly a horrible smell of gas all through the place and out in the hall. luckily at that point my friend linda was there with me and so she supported me through all the ensuing crap. she went down in the basement with me to tell the gas guy about the gas smell and he said i had to CALL THE GAS COMPANY.<\/p>\n
jesus christ, AREN\u2019T YOU THE FUCKING GAS MAN?????<\/p>\n
of course i didn\u2019t say that.<\/p>\n
i got so hungry today, and i\u2019m sure it\u2019s because i spent a lot of the day feeling pissed off, which is not how i typically spend my days.<\/p>\n
i called the gas company about the gas leak and they said somebody would be there WITHIN TWENTY MINUTES.<\/p>\n
wow. what service.<\/p>\n
so then the VERY SERIOUS HARDCORE gas company guy showed up. he was in the basement for a long time and then he came upstairs and told me all about all the many SERIOUS SERIOUS problems with the furnace, including the fact that the furnace won\u2019t work because of the electronic ignition or something like that. and there\u2019s a leak. and there are all KINDS of problems with the upstairs unit only i can\u2019t remember any of them except that a couple of things seems to be illegally connected, or at least they\u2019re not up to code. i finally told him i\u2019d call the landlord and he could talk to her on the phone.<\/p>\n
so we did that and they had a long talk and he was very stern and told her about the many many MANY serious problems and maybe he\u2019ll have to arrest her.<\/p>\n
and so now the landlord who doesn\u2019t even live in this state has to call somebody to fix the furnace and the knob on the stove.<\/p>\n
and that went on for such a very long long time today.<\/p>\n
and i\u2019m so tired. i know i ALWAYS say i\u2019m so tired but this time i really REALLY am.<\/p>\n
will i have heat tomorrow? because now that i\u2019m renting the place it would be kind of nice to actually live there.<\/p>\n
don\u2019t i have some sort of recourse if this problem isn\u2019t rectified pronto? isn\u2019t there somebody i could call to complain? shouldn\u2019t i not be paying rent if the place isn\u2019t habitable.<\/p>\n
conflict and confrontation, i see lots of that on the immediate horizon and i\u2019m not gonna evey think about it because i hate that kind of thing. a lot.<\/p>\n
whew. i met with some people at the barrelhead after all of that and we were discussing things only i really didn\u2019t feel like talking at all, i just wanted to nap. i had some delicious tater tots.<\/p>\n
when i\u2019m finally actually living in my duplex i\u2019m going to be posting lots more photos because it\u2019s so fast to put them up with the HIGH SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION. wireless. <\/p>\n
i have to do a bunch on non-moving-related things over the weekend. a break from it will be good. maybe i\u2019ll find some boxes somewhere while i\u2019m doing things.<\/p>\n
randy is having us over to watch the academy awards on sunday night and he\u2019s going to plug in his chocolate fountain.<\/p>\n
i\u2019d like to have a chocolate fountain set up all the time in my place, so i could just have some chocolate-dipped stuff whenever i want.<\/p>\n
i could, you know.<\/p>\n
but it might get kind of dusty after a while. except the chocolate IS churning around.<\/p>\n
but bugs might get in it.<\/p>\n
but not till summer.<\/p>\n
maybe i\u2019ll get a chocolate fountain and keep it running till the bugs come out.<\/p>\n
it could be a centerpiece on my coffee table.<\/p>\n
FRIDAY, i can\u2019t believe it\u2019s tomorrow. and i\u2019m going to be getting to bed so very very early tonight. finally.<\/p>\n
ok then, goodnight,<\/p>\n
thursday grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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