Still above water!

It rained all the way into early this morning. But as you can see we survived it.

The family friend with the flooding issue has been informed "That her carpet will dry out. Nothing to worry about." WTF!?! Her ENTIRE downstairs area was 2 to 3 inches under water. That translates into carpet needing to be replaced because if ya don't there will be mold issues as well as a funky smell in the apartment. Its times like this that I wished I could organize a class action lawsuit against the owners of this complex.

Here check out this list of grievances:

1. Air-conditioning/Heater system way out of date. It is a Chiller/Boiler system built when the apartments where built (in the 60's or 70's I believe) and is controlled by the management not by the resident of the apartment. So like this winter when temps reached the 90's we had no AC.

1a. The AC does not cool the apartment in the summer since its what is called a chiller system (think of one of those old window units that had water running over them) and with temps in the 100's during the summer it is miserable.

1b. The heating blows air that is the same temp as the ground since the pipes are underground and obviously not insulated. So the air coming out of the vents is barely warmer than the air in the apartment to start with.

1c. Because of the two above problems our electric/gas bill is outrages because the system never cools/heats the apartment enough to actually shut off!

2. All the windows and doors do not "seal" so bugs are always coming in. And the hot air in the summer or cold air in the winter is always coming in.

3. Our garbage disposal broke with in the first month of us moving in and they still have not fixed it (ending 2 years now).

4. There is no where for kids to play outside. If they play in front of the apartment we get in trouble for it, if they play in the one area where there is grass we can't see them from the apartment. There is no play equipment anywhere in the complex.

5. There is a weight limit of 20 lbs for a dog but there are people with HUGE dogs all over the place. They walk these dogs without using a leash and the dogs do not obey the owners and chase people and other dogs. Also they don't pick up after the dogs and the complex does not pick up so referring back to #4 and kids playing!

6. The crime rate and lack of the apartment complex doing something about it. Well they hire a private security firm that drives around 2 or 3 times a night and that lasts about a month till they are fired or not paid (I actually don't know why they disappear after about 4 weeks but that is the only explanation I can come up with). Also patrolling at night is useless as most crimes in and around the complex are during the day.

I could go on but this post is taking a way too negative spin and I am not enjoying it but I needed to vent!

Ok so some lighter fare uh.................................................................................... I am alive and my family is alive and healthy!