catching up

Well, hello world.  No, I didn't fall off the internet.  I got busy, then I got sick.  Saturday we had my parents over for dinner, which was a huge success.  I was able to get the apartment decent and dinner was delicious.  My brother also came for dinner, which was nice.  It made things a little crowded, but that's ok, we made do and everyone had a good time. It rained all weekend, so T-Rex didn't get to ride like he had wanted, and with me stressing out about my folks coming, he helped out a lot.  We did get some awesome pictures of the sunset that evening though.

Sunday, unfortunately, was a dreary day of rain...and illness.  I was laid up in bed sick to my stomach.  I missed most of anything that happened on Sunday.  Monday I was also feeling ill, but I was finally able to keep something in my tummy.  T-Rex was an angel and stayed home to take care of me on Monday.  Today I am still feeling weak, but at least I am feeling 100% better.  Which is good, because tomorrow I have a physical and Thursday I have orientation for my new job.  Today was an adventure with the apartment people though.  Here's what happened:

Yesterday, I had T-Rex help me with a shower so I could feel human again.  We got out of the shower and were relaxing, watching the storm blow in, when there was a knock on the door.  It scared the heck out of us, because it wasn't just a knock, but a pounding.  We were in our underwear, ready for bed, so we didn't answer, but we ran and got dressed.   When we came out, no one was there. Then, a little while later, the pounding again.  This time though, it was the maintenance man.  Apparently there was water leaking into the apartment below ours.  When we moved in, I had a concern over the appearance of the tub.  Apparently the maintenance people had put a patch in the tub.  "Oh, that's not a problem," they assured me, and gave me a move-in gift of a tub mat to cover the patch.  So when the patch cracked, we had no idea, because the mat covered it.  Water has been leaking for a while, because according to the maintenance guys, the ceiling in the apartment below is caving in.  Well, the tub needs to be fixed, so while we're waiting for them to come out tomorrow, we get to use the shower in the empty apartment down the hall.  Woo-hoo.  At least none of this is of any cost to us, and we get a new tub out of the deal. 

Now, for your pleasure, some pictures of Blade, our cat, teaching us a thing or two about relaxation: