Monday, February 25, 2008

Worser and Worser

The plumbing bills are quickly approaching 10K, without the weekend's emergency service. And we'll see what the going rate for the Pied Piper is...

Yes, I know I'm boring. I'm also bitter, worried, and broke. I'm almost alliterative.

My own private recession has just become a major depression.

Damn home-ownership. What a dumb idea. Especially in this market.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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Friday, February 22, 2008

Sh%t--the literal kind

Why does my tenant email me at 11:00 p.m. on Friday night to tell me that the plumbing has been wacky for several days now and sewage is now backing up? And that rats have taken up residence in the presumably sewer-smelling basement? As a homeowner himself, doesn't he realize that this is all going to be a helluva lot more difficult and a HELLUVA lot more expensive tomorrow than it would have been, say, last Tuesday? And that now I'm going to have to replace the washer, along with the sewer lines?

I am not catching those rats--or cleaning the basement--myself. And as I am already overdrawn enough that my debit card is blocked, this all really, really sucks.

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