Condo Entropy
I'm really bummed. My air conditioner unit leaked today and ruined one of my drop ceiling tiles. I spent an hour this evening trying to get the drainage pipe unclogged but it is just so badly put together that all I could do was get a trickle started (by using an ethernet cable). I hope that is enough until I can figure out a way to fix it more permanently. Perhaps PEX tubing would work and be easier than PVC pipe. In any case, I am stuck with an aging (and gross) AC unit, a stained and cracked drop ceiling panel, a leaking kitchen sink, kitchen tiles that are starting to come up for some reason, and a carpet that has seen far better days. And no money to fix these things. I'm in a panic that I have ended up in a money pit with no better job prospects on the horizon. I also am all worried about showing off what feels like a rapidly deteriorating condo next week.
I feel like I'm getting sick again, which I suppose is to be expected after flying. I tried to run it off today (of questionable value) and, while I don't think it worked, I did -- for some odd reason -- run very fast. 6:41 miles which is the fastest I've gone since before I got sick last year.
Persimmon is so happy I'm home. He won't let me out of his sight and was all over me last night. It is cute, even if a little obsessively needy.
There may be armed dolphins swimming in the Gulf (probably not true but it makes you wonder) and yesterday was the anniversary of the closest we ever came to blowing up the earth. The world is a bizarre and disturbing place right now.
I feel like I'm getting sick again, which I suppose is to be expected after flying. I tried to run it off today (of questionable value) and, while I don't think it worked, I did -- for some odd reason -- run very fast. 6:41 miles which is the fastest I've gone since before I got sick last year.
Persimmon is so happy I'm home. He won't let me out of his sight and was all over me last night. It is cute, even if a little obsessively needy.
There may be armed dolphins swimming in the Gulf (probably not true but it makes you wonder) and yesterday was the anniversary of the closest we ever came to blowing up the earth. The world is a bizarre and disturbing place right now.
3 Comments:
At 9:52 AM, JABS said…
How depressing for you. I have never been able to figure out whether things like that really do come in bunches or whether a good part of it is a mood we get into that just makes everything seem so hopeless. Ruined drop ceiling tiles are really unattractive to look at. I am sure you hate that.
Since I know dad and my visit are a part of the reason for this frustration, can I say that are goal is to see you and hopefully to see you well. Second, we want to see your condo, but not in a critical sense. I know you want to show it in its best light, and there is probably nothing I can say that will change that, but, please believe me when I tell you that we understand your situation and the only thing we will be feeling is sad that that you don't have the money to do things the way you want to. We have been there and felt that and remember it well.
I agree with you about the world in general, and I also believe that that general state of peril impacts all of us in our daily lives. If we care, it is on our minds and is very wearing. Dad and I were just discussing last night how true it is that as you live longer you see the same things repeated: the same platitudes are said, the same scare tactics are visited on the public, the same lies are told, the same justifications for invading other people's countries are trotted out, the same disregard for the suffering of most of the world's peoples continues, and greed thrives and paranoias run amuck. We are definitely at a low point. Again, not that I expect this to be helpful, but dad and I have seen much lower. It isn't very uplifting to use a worse situation as a reference point.
I want to say cheer up. Life is too short. We love you. You will fix the AC, and you will either fix the sink or it won''t seem such a big deal and the same with tiles. You made a good choice in your condo. You bought at a good time and have benefited from it financially. And, finally, a new job or a decent raise will show up. LIfe just works like that.
Keep your perspective. Can you remember how you felt when you first got sick and were diagnosed. It puts your priorities in a different place. I remember that when I went through that attack of whatever--RA?--. I couldn't hang onto it, but for quite a while I was much mellower, cared much less about material things, the bumps in life didn't bother me, and I focused only on the value of my relationships and how I maintained them. I was less iinterested in striving than I was on appreciating what I had and realizing how awful it would be to lose any of it. This isn't an uncommon experience. People who go through it say these same things. Though it may sound trite, it is no less true. Best to Persimmon, needy kitty that he is.
At 10:20 PM, BaskingShark said…
Thank you for the cheering up. It was a big help this morning. As you can see in the above post, I managed to fix things (I hope).
I'm really looking forward to your visit and I'll try not to get too wrapped up in preparing. Do you mind just sitting around and watching TV the whole time? :)
At 10:36 PM, JABS said…
Please don't work to hard. Don't wear your self out fixing and cleaning etc. You already have enough planned. Too bad you don't have any bolders to move. We could help you out there. Shall we bring the hammock?
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