It's been a CRAZY week here! The past several days I've had to take the baby and spend the day at my mother's apartment...mine has a huge hole in the floor. They dug down past the concrete and rock, right to the dirt of the earth! But they fixed the leaking main hot water line for this building (lucky me, got the apartment on top of the leaking hot water pipe--this is the second time the maintenance crew has had to do this!) and now we have really nice, comfy, hot water for showers and dishes again.
At the moment, there is a plywood barrier in the kitchen to keep us off the newly poured concrete. Thankfully, Chelsea seems to be staying away from that. Tomorrow, we'll be out of the apartment again for them to replace the tile. Unfortunately, they'll be putting in "extras" they have lying around and won't actually "replace" the tile in the entire area until "they have extra time and can fit it it"...read--"it's not going to get done until you move out and we have to prepare the apartment for a new tenant". Well, it's HUD housing, a huge complex in Tulsa with well over 1000 units and the maintenance guys are really very nice, so I don't mind having bright yellow, orange and stained grey tile until I have my own place again. The guys are nice enough that I won't complain--they're doing the best they can with the job they have! Wouldn't want their job for ANYTHING in the world!!!
Anyway, the whole experience has just thrown me off-kilter. I can't seem to get a handle on this week, I'm forgetting things, having a hard time focusing on my schoolwork, and just generally feel befuzzled! Hopefully this time, the repair will take and we won't have to go through this again. Of course, Chelsea is taking it all in stride and loving having the extra time at Nana's house. And it's nice to get away from the "slums" for awhile--but I can't complain...it's roof over our heads for a price I can actually afford on no income. God provides.
In the midst of it all, I'm still seeing the chiropractor three times a week. I don't think I'd be able to maintain an actual job at this point if I tried! Life gets really hectic at times, and this is one of them. But, I look hopefully into the future, believing that someday soon we will have a home of our own in an actual neighborhood, a new career and baby girl will be the top of her little preschool class...I'm not giving up on the dream!
My Dream Home
A sweet little bungalow in Tulsa
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