Monday, January 12, 2009

Time to Vent...

Okay I am SOOO tired so this is going to sound very whiny but this past Saturday I notice a water sound coming from the wall! I know that sounds weird but we live in a duplex so it could be coming from the other unit. Anyway I thought the neighbors forgot to turn off their faucet since our bathrooms are placed in the exact spot on opposite sides of the wall...okay we thought oh they'll notice it and turn it off when they come home sometime...

Sunday evening I was playing with the kids and walked in the hall and guess what...water! in the carpet... we looked further... we were flooded. The water was obviously on our side! Long story short a pipe burst under the concrete slab and it has been running and running and running... Well luckily we are renting and called the emergency phone number and all that so they could come over and address the problem yada yada. but after hours we had to ask them to put us up in a hotel... and they said "well we'll have to see about that... okay, sure you can stay at the Motel 6!" I put up a small fight but said I will pay the difference to stay somewhere else if we have to. So last night we stayed at the Stillwater Plaza (not as fancy as it sounds) with the kids, which to them was a blast! They loved it!

Today Monday, they figured out where the leak is (after 3 holes) our closet carpet is gone, which means our closet contents are in our room and everywhere. else. The master bedroom & bathroom are unusable and gross because the water coming up was dirty... Luckily the kids bedrooms are fine & they can sleep in their beds. Chad & I are sleeping in the living room on an air mattress and we're not sure when it is all going to be put back together. We should have been put up in a hotel until this whole mess was taken care of but for fear that we will not be reimbursed we are currently putting up with it.

I guess I am just really irritated because these things do happen to good people. Our neighbors (not to say they are not good people) work for the property management company! why couldnt this have happened to them? (btw the property management co is by far the worst in town & we got stuck with them because our previous landlords sold during our lease) This is the first time Chad & I have experienced renting and all its happy moments. Our experience with Stillwater Property Management has been horrible!

Today was my first day of my last semester and I am fatigued looking over the past 4 years. I pray that we will not be out any money when our water bill comes in. I hope that I can be a stern person and make sure that we are reimbursed for our trouble. When thinking of the kind of people I am dealing with this is questionable. I know that there are much bigger problems than this but the past few weeks have been very hard for me. I am wondering, though with me desperately trying to finish this semester of school it will just be hard. I am sure that many of you have experienced the same when you or your husbands were coming up on the long awaited graduation that things just seem to go wrong... & then right. I am thankful for the light at the end of the tunnel & I can learn a lot from this experience.

For instance: (another of my lists)
  • Don't let people push you around!
  • Some people WILL let you down... they will take your honesty for granted.
  • Continue to be honest even though
  • Stand up for your family in any way you can!
and last but not least...
  • If you live in Stillwater, OK invest in a water softener system
Chad thinks I am a little dramatic. Now we know where Elayna gets it!

2 comments:

Lively Luckinbills said...

If it makes you feel any better...I fell sorry for you. I know that must be hard when you have to uproot and upset the routine of things. We should know by now that trials come in bundles when they are least welcome. Hang in there. It will make a good story in a couple years;)

Coty said...

Oh, you poor thing. that's horrible! I would be so frustrated myself. Stinky Management Companies!
I hope all looks up soon, and no worries with the school thing, cause once it's done...it's DONE, yay!!!