Jun. 17th, 2013

floatingleaf: (sooo gay)
So yeah... I didn't go to see my parents after all. I had emptied the bucket at around midnight - only to find it overflowing when I woke up at 4 a.m. So leaving the apartment for 10 hours was pretty much out of the question.:/ Ironically, once I had called them and explained what was going on, the leak sort of quieted down again, and I was left wondering if I SHOULD have gone after all, instead of disappointing everyone (including my sister, who was also there, and who had brought the promised homemade cherry cake that she had boasted of to me earlier). *sigh* It's so hard to coordinate my visits home with my sister's, since she and her husband are always so busy...

Not that I didn't have plenty of stuff to occupy myself at home instead. I always do. I just hate changing my plans at the last minute due to some external circumstance. I throws me off and leaves me with this vague sense of misplacement...

Anyway - I should be going to bed, since the plumber might show up early tomorrow morning (yeah, right - I wish!...). Btw, my toilet doesn't flush properly either as of yesterday - so if he does show up, he'll be a busy guy.:D And if he doesn't, my brother-in-law has volunteered to call the building management office himself and raise hell (my sister assures me he's good at that ;). So we'll see what happens...

Also, I just watched this really silly horror/comedy flick called Kaboom. Read more... )
floatingleaf: (meadow)
So, the plumber DID show up today. Around 5:30 p.m.:/ When I called the building management office in the morning, they said they had someone scheduled to come here TOMORROW. Yes, tomorrow. I was almost ready to scream, or burst out crying, when I heard that - and it must have shown in my voice, because the woman I talked to put me on hold for a few minutes, and then returned saying that someone will come this afternoon. Still, it was another day of waiting, another day off stress, since I didn't know what time he was going to arrive (if at all - I didn't have much reason to trust in whatever they said anymore, did I?...).

While I was waiting, my brother-in-law called me and said that he has a friend who works in building management, and that said friend explained to him how according to Chicago laws any maintenance problem reported by a tenant has to be fixed by the landlord within 72 hours - otherwise the tenant has a right to deduct $100 from his rent for each subsequent day during which the problem has not been taken care of. I didn't know about this, of course - but I do now.:) )
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