Puddle

I feel like a puddle. It is so hot, I am melting. But I can't bring myself to jump in our pool. That water is just too cold. I'm afraid I'll have a heart attack.

I am super glad we have window fans in the bedrooms. They really help cool things off over night. Provided it does cool off over night, which luckily has been happening.

I wanted to share my story of my horrible night last night. It was brutal. Mikey wasn't feeling good in the evening. He threw up about an hour before bed. Started getting very hot. So I tried to help cool him off. Put him to bed fairly easily. But he woke up at 9 pm, and was burning up. I tried to get him settled back down, but it was taking a long time. At 9:45 he was still up, so I ran downstairs and turned off all the lights figuring I'll just go to bed when he finally falls back asleep.

Fifteen minutes later, I start feeling not well. I was getting hot, with a bad headache. I convinced Mikey to come lay in my bed with me. The little heat pack curled up with me and I tried to doze my headache away. By 11 I was up puking. Mikey was so concerned, rubbing my back for me. It was so sweet it made me bawl. Afterwards I dragged myself back to bed, and Mikey curled up with me again. He still wasn't falling asleep, so I put on the mini DVD player for him, and passed out.

I woke up around 1:30 and moved him to his own bed. He felt cool and stayed asleep. I felt much better myself. We were both up at 6:30 this morning feeling fine, although I was quite tired.

Not sure if it was just the heat or what, but last night was no fun. Here's hoping tonight will be okay.

Some bad news

Yesterday was not a great day. At 10 am I got called into a meeting and was told that my job was being eliminated, and as of March 31 I'd be unemployed. And then they gave me the rest of the day off to process it.

When I came home, I had a brief cry. Mike was very supportive, and kept telling me it would be okay. I should be able to find a new job fairly easily, and I should take a bit of time off before starting my search.

Really, it wasn't a complete shock. I could kind of see it coming, but it still didn't feel good.

I am starting to feel better today. I just need to remember that this means I can move on to something bigger and better. Now, does anyone know of a job where I can just sit and read all day? Because that would be awesome.

59 Days and Counting

Only 59 days until we are out of this apartment.  And a countdown is definitely needed. We had a horrible weekend. Why? Because we have no heat!

No heat with -17 degrees Celsius (about 1 degree Fahrenheit) this morning. And pretty much the same all weekend makes for a very chilly house. Looking back, I think we've been without heat since Thursday, because that's when Mikey's room started to seem cold. But I never thought to check the heaters until we were freezing Saturday morning. And they were all stone cold.

So we called the supers, who investigated and found the boiler was off. So the whole building had no heat. And apparently we were the only ones who noticed. Several hours later, everyone else had heat, but we still didn't. We tried to call again, but there was no answer.

So we bundled up in warm pjs and heavy blankets. First thing Sunday morning, I called again, and the super was not happy that we were still freezing. He brought us over some space heaters because he knew the company would not send anyone out to look on the weekend.

Space heaters are good, but only if you can run them. Our apartment is basically on two circuits. One for the living room/dining room/kitchen, and one for the bedrooms/bathroom. And you can only plug one heater in without blowing the circuit. Fabulous. Needless to say, my husband and I had to bundle up in multiple blankets last night because the heater was in my son's room.

Hopefully we get heat today, and things can go back to normal crap, without the added bonus of freezing crappiness. 59 days in deed...

More bathroom adventures

The bathroom adventures continue here in my fabulous apartment. For all my new followers, here's a summary so far: we had a leak in our bathroom ceiling in the summer. It was stopped in Sept and the hole was fixed in Nov. Yup, 3 months to get it fixed.

On the 23rd of Dec, the ceiling above the toilet started leaking again. Water was also running down the side wall, and dripping from the door frame. A plumber was brought in and he cut a hole above the toilet and fixed that leak the next day.

Fast forward to day, and the wall and ceiling above the sink are water logged and running constantly. Our medicine cabinet with mirror front started to fall off the wall Wed night. So we removed it before it could fall and shatter everywhere. The wall had cracked and was giving way behind it. The water is running from the ceiling, down behind the light fixture (!) and out the bottom of it. Sounds safe, eh?!

The carpet outside the bathroom is soaked. A 3 foot square, and the inside of our linen closet, which shares a wall with the bathromom. Can't see where the water is coming from, it must be through the wall and out the bottom. I had to create a temporary "carpet" out of garbage bags so we can get to the bathroom and my son's room without getting soaking wet feet.

And the smell. Oh how I hate a sewer smell. Which is what our apartment smells like on that whole back end. When will it be fixed? They were supposed to come on Thurs. Haven't seen anyone yet. Let's see how long this episode takes.

At least we have less than 3 months to go here. Come on March 31!

Car accident

I had a fender-bender last night on my way home from work. No one was injured, which is really good.

I rear-ended another car on the highway when she stopped faster than I did. There didn't appear to be too much damage: her bumper is cracked and my lights were popped out slightly. We called the cops, filed an accident report, and went home. The cop was really nice and pleasant. He didn't charge me with anything, which I am really happy about.

First thing this morning I called my insurance company to start my claim. I took my car in to the repair shop at lunch, and they decided I shouldn't be driving it. So I have a rental car until mine is fixed. Courtesy of my insurance. I highly recommend having rental coverage!

I will be called tomorrow once the repair estimate is done, and the insurance company confirms they will repair it. As opposed to writing it off because the repair costs more than the car. The mechanic seemed to think it would be repaired, but it is impossible to tell until they get it up and start inspecting it thoroughly.

Either way, I am driving a new car until the situation is resolved. Not the best thing to happen this week, but it definitely could have been worse.

Friday night leftovers Dec 24

Things have been crazy this week, so no posts other than the book reviews I wrote up and scheduled on Monday. Here is a snapshot of my week:

Had an oil change scheduled for 8:30 Tuesday morning. It would make me up to 30 min late for work, but that's no problem. But did I remember? Not until I was at work, waiting for my computer to sign me in. Then I glanced at my calendar, and saw the appointment. Oops! Ran to my car and to the mechanic where they laughed at me, and got me finished within 30 min. I love my mechanic!

I have had a bad cough all week. It started Sat, and got progressively worse. On Wed I called my doctor to get an appointment. Thursday afternoon was the soonest, so I took it. I have been waking up at night to cough, choke, and throw up. I get slightly dizzy when I cough too hard, and it is beginning to hurt. I was worried I might be getting pneumonia. Luckily, I don't. I do have a prescription for antibiotics, and a cough that cough medicine won't touch.

Finally figured out what Buckleys tastes like. Vicks Vaporub! Yuck! And it's not working, so I'm not going subject myself to that torture.

I took my son with my to the doctors because he had a cold last week, and his eyes still are gunky, and sticking shut when he sleeps. He started fussing when we pulled in the parking lot. Threw up a mouthful in his carseat (note to self - must wash carseat cover). Kept fussing in the waiting room. Wished I could reason with him and reassure him we weren't there for him. Then he threw up all over the carpet. The new, 2 month old carpet. Fabulous. It least the waiting room was empty.

My son now has eye drops for his yucky eyes. I am not looking forward to trying to get them in his eyes. He freaks out, scrunches his face, and grinds it into the floor to avoid me wiping his eyes with a warm washcloth to unstick them in the morning.

Amazingly, his eyes were clean this morning. Not a drop of yuck.

Our bathroom ceiling started leaking yesterday morning. Yes, the ceiling that was just fixed. The toilet above us has been running non-stop since people moved in 2 weeks ago. And it was obviously leaking in addition to running. Water started leaking out the vent, the edges of where the ceiling was repaired, and out the door frame. But, the plumber was there by 1 pm. And had the leak fixed by 2 pm. Apparently, they don't want to deal with us for more problems. Yea!

Found out last week that my company has been sold effective March 1. We are being reassured that everyone still has a job, and they are excited to have us. Sure, we'll see. I'm not worried though. I can adapt to change. And I really expect (and hope) that there will be big changes.

The new company gave everyone a present for Christmas. An iPad!! Yes, they are definitely trying to buy our love, but I can go with that. Most definitely...

That's about it I think. My week so far. Merry Christmas everyone!

Fender bender

So I realized that my description of my week left out something. The fender bender.

Wednesday I had my cellphone plugged in at work because I tend to drain it right to dead. And it always starts beeping at an inopportune time, like when I am headed out the door to work. So it was plugged in. And I remembered this as I was getting in my car to go home. I figured I better grab it because (a) I don't want to leave my expensive phone somewhere overnight, and (b) I don't have a home phone anymore, so if someone needed to reach me, I need my cell.

So I needed to go get it. But it's not that simple because the parking garage is on the next block up from my work. So I figured I would drive to the back door and dash up. No problem. I just need to go around the block and up to the building.

I was waiting at the light to turn, and BAM. The chick behind me didn't stop until her bumper hit mine. Amazingly, there is only a tiny scratch on my bumper. This is the second fender bender I have had in this car where there was no real damage. Thank goodness, especially since I just shelled out way to much money in repairs this week.

Thursday I was a bit sore. I knew I would be. I didn't see the accident coming, so I wasn't tensed up, but I was standing on the clutch, so that leg was tense, and got quite the jolt. But nothing a hot shower didn't fix.

Is the week over yet?

This week has felt so long. Or maybe I have just been super tired. I feel like I am dragging myself around all week. And it's only Thursday. Ugh. But it's been busy so far:

Monday:
- Nothing special happened. Just a regular day.
- Magoo did not sleep well that night, so neither did I.

Tuesday:
- Took my car in for repairs. I had taken it in last Friday because the front corner was making bad clunking noises whenever I hit a bump. Which is often. Gotta love potholes. I had to take it back in Tuesday because the parts needed to be ordered in. Which parts? Control arm for the clunking corner and ALL 4 sway bars. Ugh. There goes $1200. Which uber-sucks because I only had $140 in my car repair fund. So much for having my credit card paid off.
- Magoo slept even worse that night. Two tantrums during the night.

Wednesday:
- Had our hearing at the tenant board about the length of time it took to repair our bathroom. It was 3 months from the day it started leaking to the day they patched and painted. Way too long in my opinion. The result was favourable for us, and confidential. But we'll still be moving at the end of our lease. I'm counting the days, and it's still over 100.
- Magoo slept better last night. Although he woke up at one point and was freaking out. Rolling around in his bed, yelling and crying, and didn't want to be picked up. Lasted about 5 minutes. Then I picked him up, gave him a drink, and he went right back to sleep.

Today is a regular day. Except that I'm exhausted. But I don't work tomorrow since Magoo has a doctor's appointment, and it always takes forever. And I have Monday off too for his pediatrician appointment, which I don't think will go great since there is still no food chewing going on. At 18 months, he should be eating normal food. Or at least chewing some finger foods. But no, super smooth is still the only way he'll eat. So frustrating.

Here's hoping I can get some sleep this weekend though.