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Jan. 24th, 2011 11:25 pmI was up crazy-late last night, working on cookies. I iced them, but then I had to wait for them to dry before I could begin the next step. In the meantime, I busied myself with straightening the office.
As I mentioned last night, I cleaned my desk, and I'm happy to report that it is still spotless. I also bought some envelopes today at the UPS store and finished up all the things in my to-be-mailed pile. I'll do that sometime tomorrow.
Also last night, in the wee hours of the morning, Philip noticed a strange, tick-tick...tick-tick-tick-ing sound. He paused his movie to listen more closely, and he discovered water dripping on the hardwood floors... from the ceiling in the living room! I had learned from two neighbors on the block of leaking troubles, so I called last Thursday to pre-empt that ourselves. Maintenance came out on Friday and inspected the inside, and they scheduled an appointment for Monday (today) to clear all the snow/ice from the roof over the suspect walls. Well, I guess the ceiling just couldn't wait any longer!
Maintenance responded immediately this morning, and they cut out a 1'-squared section of ceiling. They attached a plastic runner to the hole, and taped it down the wall, running the end into a bucket. Sadly, this will have to suffice until springtime when they can actually rebuild the roof in that section. I thought it would be worse, but it's really just a small thing. It just makes life comical, you know?!
THEN, as I was moving a tray of cookies to the kitchen, I noticed a puddle on the kitchen counter. I thought to myself, "That's odd. I just removed dishes from that spot before I decorated this tray, and it was all clear..." I grabbed a towel to clean it up, and as I did so, more water fell onto my hands. I looked up, and found water dripping OUT of my wooden kitchen cupboards! Even in the four feet of ceiling above them, there was no bubble or dripping, and if you pressed the top of the cabinet frame, water seeped out. It was literally coming FROM my cabinets! Philip fixed a pad up there to collect the water, and we called Housing Maintenance back again. Oh, the life!
I'm off to wrap up some pictures for Jack's teacher. The yearbook committee is beginning this year's production, and I've brought my camera to every classroom event so far. She sent her "teacher disc" home with Jack and wrote a note saying, "I'm sure your pictures are wonderful. Please put them on here in place of any of mine to submit to the yearbook." So sweet!
As I mentioned last night, I cleaned my desk, and I'm happy to report that it is still spotless. I also bought some envelopes today at the UPS store and finished up all the things in my to-be-mailed pile. I'll do that sometime tomorrow.
Also last night, in the wee hours of the morning, Philip noticed a strange, tick-tick...tick-tick-tick-ing sound. He paused his movie to listen more closely, and he discovered water dripping on the hardwood floors... from the ceiling in the living room! I had learned from two neighbors on the block of leaking troubles, so I called last Thursday to pre-empt that ourselves. Maintenance came out on Friday and inspected the inside, and they scheduled an appointment for Monday (today) to clear all the snow/ice from the roof over the suspect walls. Well, I guess the ceiling just couldn't wait any longer!
Maintenance responded immediately this morning, and they cut out a 1'-squared section of ceiling. They attached a plastic runner to the hole, and taped it down the wall, running the end into a bucket. Sadly, this will have to suffice until springtime when they can actually rebuild the roof in that section. I thought it would be worse, but it's really just a small thing. It just makes life comical, you know?!
THEN, as I was moving a tray of cookies to the kitchen, I noticed a puddle on the kitchen counter. I thought to myself, "That's odd. I just removed dishes from that spot before I decorated this tray, and it was all clear..." I grabbed a towel to clean it up, and as I did so, more water fell onto my hands. I looked up, and found water dripping OUT of my wooden kitchen cupboards! Even in the four feet of ceiling above them, there was no bubble or dripping, and if you pressed the top of the cabinet frame, water seeped out. It was literally coming FROM my cabinets! Philip fixed a pad up there to collect the water, and we called Housing Maintenance back again. Oh, the life!
I'm off to wrap up some pictures for Jack's teacher. The yearbook committee is beginning this year's production, and I've brought my camera to every classroom event so far. She sent her "teacher disc" home with Jack and wrote a note saying, "I'm sure your pictures are wonderful. Please put them on here in place of any of mine to submit to the yearbook." So sweet!
