Where have I been?

I'm a terrible blogger. Oh well.

I've been busy moving and dealing with the old rental company. At the beginning of this month the ceiling started leaking sewer water. I came home one Saturday morning and it was dripping. I cleared out the bathroom and threw all of my towels in the wash because they were very EW.

So I called the emergency pager to let my rental company know what was going on at 11:30. I called at 11:50, 12:30, 12:50, 1:50, 2:50, and finally at 3:50. Nothing. I even went across the hall to ask my neighbor to call in case the rental company had put me on the blacklist and was ignoring me. But they didn't respond to him either.

Finally, at 5:30 I get a call. Turns out the EMERGENCY PAGER wasn't working, so they were "checking messages throughout the day". First- let me say this. If they had been checking messages they would have gotten my message at 11:30 and not waited 6 hours to get back to me.

So I explain the situation and they say they need to call their guy "Ed" and they'll get back to me. I wait. I get a call about 45 minutes later saying Ed doesn't want to come out today to take care of it but he'll be there first thing on Sunday. I calmly explain that sewage water is leaking into my bathroom and I think its an emergency that needs to be addressed right away. They tell me if the ceiling collapses to call them back. Seriously. I'm only an emergency if the ceiling collapses. This is the type of rental company I have.

So I can't stay in my apartment without a bathroom so I went and stayed with the boyfriend. I come back on Sunday and the ceiling is still wet although not dripping, and sewage water is still covering my bathroom. I call and ask when they'll be by to clean up. Nothing. I've called several times, sent lots of e-mails, and still no response.

This rental company is awful. They are slum lords.

They won't respond to me. About anything.

But I've moved and I love the new place! :) More on that later!