Broken already.....

DEATHTRAP STRIKES AGAIN!!!!

Stuck open on the first floor!!!

Well, let's act like we're surprised. I would if I was, but sadly, the inept morons that put this thing together can't even fix it properly. I'm not surprised. Frustrated, yes, angry? Yes....

It's absurd that the elevator was working for 5 days??? Good grief. We'll see who long it takes them to come out and correct the problem this time. It's a WHOLE brand new elevator!!! For heaven's sake!!

Anyway, there ya go....HAppy Valentine's DAY!!!

Well Wonders Never Cease!

It's Official!! The Deathtrap is Operable!!!

It's amazing! It's a miracle!! I did a dance with the head of maintenance. It was ridiculous....and actually quite funny. Me and Victor the head guy doin a dance out front. It was funny.

I'm stunned into speechlessness.......

HOORAY!! HOORAY!!!

Peace ya'll!

I don't want to Jinx it....

There may be an end in sight. I was doin laundry and I saw the elevator guys out there with who I think was the county inspector. I saw a light come on. A door open....and some movement.

The deathtrap may be resurrected!!

Hallelujah! I'll let you know for sure...

Peace Ya'll!

DeathTrap Update

Well, I can hardly believe it, but they are workin on the elevator for the second day in a row! I don't want to say, that it could be working soon...because as you all know it's been WELL over a year! BUT they are working on it~!

Supposedly, it will be "done" soon. I don't want to hold my breath...but it sure would be a nice Christmas present.

It's been insane around here without that elevator luggin presents up and down the stairs...and all the groceries....

I'm beginning to lose hope that it will ever be fixed!

Merry Christmas to all and to all....a Gnight!

PEACE!

THe SAGA Continues!!!

Not to sound excited or anything....(note the sarcasm...) The deathtrap may actually be fixed sometime soon....

Yeah that's what I said. {insert various sounds of doubt} I've seen them working on it...I think. I mean there were several guys huddled around the open door. The promise has continued to be the end of this month...wait...isn't that tomorrow? You mean it will be fixed tomorrow?!?! YIPPEE!! Shee-ya! right... what's todays date?


<----These are the lies we've been told.







Nevermind I guess...two fat chicks walkin up and down four flights of stairs....who cares? Good exercise. Right? Yeah...PLECH! I'm done hoping. However...I am NOT done BITCHING! I will continue to harass, prode, poke, demand, and insist that this unjustice be corrected!! HUZZAH!!!!

Peace ya'll!

Deathtrap Strikes AGAIN!

So, I just put a call into Resident Relations of Aimco. Talked to a gentlemen named Tracy. I explained the problems to him that we have been having in this craphole of a complex. Naturally he was uninterested. Took my informtaion and asked me if there was anything else I wanted him to know at this time. I was like yeah....For what I'm paying in rent this place is a FUCKING SHITHOLE!!!

UGH!! I so want to get out of here!! If anyone has a spare couple grand lying around they feeling like lending me...( I will gladly pay it back)....Katrina and I would love to have our own place that's not out somewher ein the boonies. DAMMIT!!!!

Sorry....venting a little. We can afford a mortgage but apparently what we get approved for wouldn't buy a box of cardboard under I-95.

PEACE!

It's a MIRACLE!!!

The Deathtrap LIVES!!!!!!!!!! It's amazing!!

I've got to say, I really dispise living here, and since the storm...the place looks worse than ever. I really miss the trees and the bushes. However, I think it's amazing how people become less self involved when there's been a common disaster. I walked Lana yesterday morning and one of my neighbors was outside having a cigarette. As I was passing him he asked me how my apartment was and we ended up talking about all the events of the past couple of weeks. He's had it WAY worse than me. It's nice to know that people are concerned and that they're nice. Where I live you tend to look at everyone suspiciously. Sad but true.

So finally our door is fixed and the elevator is functioning. I got in with trepidation and was so excited when it opened on the first floor.

So, this weekend we will be up in Arkansas having a great time with the whole fam damily!!! YIPPEEE!! I'm looking forward to it...we'll see if the drama lessens any.

Will update when we get back!

PEACE ya'll!

Death Trap Update.....

Here is what the deathtrap looks like as we speak..... still not fixed and waiting for someone to come and fix it. Supposedly they will be here today to fix it...apparently they need an appraisal so they can replace the doors.....do you know how long that will take??? UGH!!! FRICKIN A!

Here we go AGAIN!

Julio i sNO help. Lorette is NO help. We thought is was fixed? Are you sure it's not working? YES I'm SURE YOU IDIOT!!! WOuld I be wasting my time calling you if it was working? No! I would be getting on with my routine!

Here we are at 7am on Thrusday morning, with a broken elevator. STILL broken. I'm way too fat to be going up and down those stairs. My knee is already aching again. Poor puppy is so n eglected. Lana doesn't complain that she hasn't had her play time. I can see it in her eyes, she's soo disappointed. DAMN this place! Katrina contacted the county, so hopefully they will come out today to see just what we're talking about. The lady called yesterday to give me a bunch of numbers that won't help. I told her about the branch on the roof from Hurricane Katrina, not just a little twig but a HUGE, HONKIN LOG just hangin there waiting to bust through a window. That's good because then I can sue them!! Fuckers!!

Well, that's all I got this morning! Anyone see that episode of LOST???? WTF?!?!?!

-----PEACE YA'LL-----

CAN'T TAKE IT!!!!!!

I swear if I could get out of this hell hole I would. I don't even care where we would go. It doesn't matter how many times you tell them that the damn elevator is broken they just aren't going to fix it! How many times do I have to call? I mean, it was working pretty good yesterday. And this morning, it is stuck half open on the first floor having not even come all the way down. I'm exhausted, and four flights of stairs is not good on this fat chicks body. I'm sure it's good for my heart....but holy CRAP!! I'm tired and sweaty and I can't convince my dog to go potty upstairs.

To top it all off....HURRICANE WILMA!!!! Cat 5.....should we run should we stay??? What do we do? If it hits us at that speed our apartment is TOAST! What are we gonna do with our animals? I'm not sure what to do.....I guess we'll figure it out this weekend....

Peace ya'll!

>>> Death Trap Attacks Again <<<

Oy Vey! I'm cooking dinner last night and waiting for Trinket to get home. Hands covered with flour and gook the phone rings. I grab at because I know Trink stopped at the store.

"Hello?" I say.

"Guess where I am?" Trink's voice comes through the phone and terror streaks through my heart.

"Where?"

"The elevator. It's stopping and starting....."

"Hold on I'm coming!" O rush out of the house with the phone in my hand. I can see people around the doors on the first floor and my Trink is stuck somewhere in the middle. "Push buttons...push the door closed more..." I say into the phone.

"I'm just waiting for the doors to open on any floor so I can get out." She sounds pissed but calm.

The door opens on the 2nd floor and she is safe. I hang up the phone and immediately call the leasing office for the 3rd time today. "When is this elevator going to be fixed?" I yell into the phone.

"Ma'am, the gentlemen just left here not more than 1 hour ago."

"Someone just got stuck in it. My girlfriend just this moment got stuck in it. She's out but...hello!!!?"

"Ma'am she's out right? I will call them again."

"Thanks jerky!" CLick!

Trink is pissed and I hate this hell hole..... I can't wait to get out of here!

****** MORNING EXCITMENT *****

So, I tried the elevator of death this morning. The thought of trudging Lana up and down 4 flights of stairs so early in the morning makes me shiver. My girlfriend thoughtful called me from the car this morning to let me know that it was broken yet again. Did I heed her call? Did I listen to the loving thoughtfulness that she gave to me? No.... not at all.... me being the bright minded, brilliant savant that I am.... push the button... yes, the button of death. What follows is a re-enactment of what happened.....

Upon arriving at said death trap Lana knowingly pulls me toward the stairs. Nay I say, let us push the button. Having pushed the button and having no response from the "deathtrap", I descend the stairs much to Lana's joy. BUT! we are not done, we stop on each floor on the way down to push 'buttons'. 3rd floor....nothing..... 2nd floor....AHHHHH success!!! The door opens and I am happy.... (i do not want to climb the stairs back up.)

Knowing I shouldn't....Lana looking at me with those big brown eyes, pleading with me....{don't do it mommy}.... I ignore every voice shouting in my head....we step into the "box". I push another button and watch the doors close......
I am happy that I have figured out how to beat the demon....and we begin to ascend....{{{SKREECH}}} terror....as the box grinds to a halt. Between floors, ghetto purgatory. I ring the alarm, fruitlessly. I kow that no one will come to my rescue. Lana looks at me as if to say, 'I TRIED to tell you'.

Suddenly, I am superwoman, I am going to shove my dog through the emergency exit.........if it will open.....and she will become Lassie and run for help. Yes! This is the plan!

No, that didn't work.....she weighs about 55lbs....AND she doesn't speak English! DAMMIT!!!

I feel my chest constricting, my head hurts, what am I going to do. I push the alarm button again....I know it's pointless. In my fear, I jump up and down.... this is stupid....do I want to die? I've got to breathe, {WHAT WOULD SYDNEY DO?} I push on the door, I pull on the door, I will pry it open with my super charged adrenaline..... nothing....not a budge....

So, I push to further encase myself in said trap of death. the thing begins to move..... jerkily.....and stops....again...... I will not panic..... Katrina will save me..... I know she will come for me...... Lana looks at me..... {{mommy....I've got to peee}}} This is the whole reason for our descent into stupidity. OH CRAP!!! My mind races..... I'm gonna be stuck in a hot, ickily-stenched elevator, with a full bladdered dog. Again, I feel my heart pounding and am more determined than ever to get out of this......

We shove the door closed again, and move, what I can only guess is a few more feet up..... the door opens and I leap out onto solid ground..... Lana follows less dramatically. Back on the 3rd floor...we traipse back down so my puppy can relieve herself.

On shakey legs we wobble to the area. She does her business, and I can only think..... CRAP! I DON'T WANT TO WALK BACK UP THE STAIRS!!!!

My new found freedom convinces me to take my tired, overly adrenaled ass up the stairs....Lana does not complain. She pulls me willingly up the stairs.... but I can not resist, my death wish not withstanding. On the third floor.....the button it calls to me...... I push it!......the doors open magically as if it knows that I am powerless against it. I do not enter....I push a button and step out. Listening as it groans and then stops yet again..... vindicated by my brilliance..... we trudge up the remaining flight.

Lana is happy....and I am feeling sooooo very.....stupid..... why do I never listen to the thoughtful advice of my lover?

Safe again....

PEACE!!!