Today was an important day.

I woke up thinking it was going to be one I would just want to get through and be done with. I had an 8:30 appointment at the oral surgeon to look at a spot that has been on my pallette for at least a year. There was the possibility of a biopsy, but I was hopeful that it was nothing and he’d send me on my way. Then there was the memorial service for a friend of Matt’s.

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Oh my god this “woman’s” voice is creepy but this is so useful!

I bought a drill last week. My drill and I bonded yesterday over curtain brackets in the kitchen and then today we (my drill and I) moved our fun into the bedroom. Now there are more curtains in the house, making it homier. The bedroom looks especially nice.

I found out from my ins. company that I need to make some modifications to the front of the house to make it safer to walk up the stairs. That means pushing back the electrical upgrade a few months depending on how much that will cost. My tenant also had some issues with a leaky pipe. I’d called Roto-Rooter first and the guy tried to charge me 200 bucks plus the part to replace one measly pipe. I sent him on his way and called the handyman I’m sharing with other people. This was all yesterday. I saw his truck parked outside today and now it’s not there. I’m assuming some fixing was accomplished. I don’t know. I am not calling the tenant because part of me doesn’t want to hear that it might not be done yet.

Later this week I have to install smoke detectors in the tenants’ bedrooms. My friend the drill will be helping me out.

My other tenant has yet to pay me rent. they usually pay on the 15th. It’s the 18th. I left a phone message.

Some guy in the city fire department is helping me research fire records on my house. I was told there was a fire in the basement in the 1950’s, so I want to find out more about the extent of the damage and all that good stuff. This house was built in 1920.

Since I don’t have a washer/dryer in my house yet, I’m flirting with the idea of wash and fold service. Thanks to my friend Pat I haven’t had to go to a laundromat since I moved here. The idea of wash and fold is titillating to me. I feel like I could use the time I’d ordinarily spend in the laundromat to do other things.

Today I’ve been reading my old journals from the mid 80s all the way up to college. The older I get the less interesting the entries have been. At some point I could possibly share these with you. We’ll see.

If i suddenly stop talking about the house, it’s because I got paranoid. I don’t know if you know this but if you google my first and last name, this blog is one of the results. I’ve been aware of this for a long time. Don’t try this at home!