Water Water Everywhere

Seriously, what IS it about me and water... I guess everyone I know has had water problems at some point, but this is ridiculous.

 Saturday night... 10:30 after a nice evening out. I come home and hear .... rain... but it's not raining...outside!! .. it's raining inside my wall!! and my neighbors' upstairs!! My nightmare happens over and over and over.   The water started coming out from the bottom of the wall to begin to flood my hallway.  My maintenance guy is on his way.... I've had water problems every place I've lived.  Is it me???

  So Pat finally showed up - he said he knew it was bad if I was calling.  He said at least I had a sense of humor about it... sure, I said, but I'm crying on the inside. I was practically hysterical when I called Alan, but there was no reason for him to come here.  I even called Eric - when I was wondering where Pat was. 

 So I bailed the water with a dustpan, put down all the towels I had, and waited for Pat to call his plumber -  midnight by now - and figure out where the water was coming from.

My neighbor says that a Lowe's contractor is responsible.  A young girl owns the condo on 3 and they had new floors put in and the contractor hit a pipe while putting in the baseboards.  (She did the unit in Pergo flooring and I'm thinking maybe I should rip up the carpeting and do that. She has a very clean sparse decor and it made me hate my place when I came back down here.)

Happy April

Trying to be very productive on this Tuesday.

I called my insurance adjuster with some questions about the checks I received.

Called the contractor who has been doing work in my house to find out next steps, talked to a contractor who is working in another unit today putting in hardwood laminate flooring.  Called health insurance for a referral for the ortho surgeon I want to see for my unbendable thumb, (could not get through to doctor's office though),   made matzah and egg breakfast, baked a gefilte fish loaf, tossed a years worth of sales receipts, watched 2 eps of SVU, printed a piece of music I have to learn for a recording session my chorus is having in a couple weeks,  met with a woman who is planning a service in which I'm singing.  Washed my dishes and talked to my broker about selling some of my apple stock.  I've made a tidy profit but it's all IRA money so I can't touch it for.... uh... 6 more years.  Isn't it funny how 59.5 used to be a magic far away number????  But even on the paltry number of shares I have, I've basically doubled my total investment due to Apple's incredible run. 

Because I don't have rehearsal tonight, I plan to continue decluttering, do some homework (I'm learning how to properly sing parts of the synagogue services in the required musical modes) watch Big Bang Theory  on demand, and continue to stress over how I'm going to have my floors done with the money they paid me, and how I'm going to get all the big pieces of furniture moved so they can get it done.

I'm hoping to meet Nicole in a couple of weeks - I offered her some old telephones that she said she could use for props at the theater where she works.  But we are both so busy in the evenings that we had to plan out a couple of weeks! 

ok add to that list finding a new doctor. I just got a letter in the mail that my "new" doctor is leaving the network.  I am on one of the Mass plans and it is getting harder and harder to find a doctor, especially a woman.  That's just great.