We've decided to rip out the old carpet and put wood floors down in our apartment. The carpet we have now is beyond nasty and I am at my wit's end trying to clean it. I've used deep cleaners and the water still turns black. After HOURS of cleaning I was finally told it was the layer underneath the carpet that disintigrated from being so old (the building was built in the 1950s). After Caufield and Kitty offered to help I decided it was time to make a change. Plus, seeing their new apartment made me dream of the day we can move into something bigger. I asked for the time off and we started to make a game plan. The only thing left is to find out if the manager says it will be okay. Before that we also have to find out if the place is going to be around for a while. Here comes the sob story....

A few months back the city building inspectors made their rounds and wrote up our building for a few small issues... and some big ones. They painted my bathroom, kitchen, the bedroom ceiling and even installed new outlets that were grounded. After the guy came through and gave us the okay the manager received a notice about the four apartments on the side of the building. Aparently they're illegal. Oh joy, oh rapture. A hearing date was set to decided what to do about them. I believe it was in July. Four apartments is a lot of money to lose if they decide against the building and my guess is the owner won't want to keep it. Considering all the nice new apartment buildings popping up around us our place could go for a pretty penny... and be torn down for something a LOT nicer. We can afford to move if we have to. We just won't be living as comfy as we are now. I'd rather stay at my current place (I literally pay HALF of what a new one bedroom costs) and save money for a house.

Yesterday I started calling my manager to see if the verdict was in and he had any idea of what was going to happen. I got his answering machine both times. Today... same thing. Now I'm getting antsy and have been robodialing his phone to see if he answers. So far... nothing. I don't want to leave a gazillion messages but it's getting a bit annoying. I'm also running out of excuses for making multiple calls. Pick up the damn phone already!!!! GAH!

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