The inspector showed up at 10:20 on Monday.We passed both the rough inspections.As I followed him through the building he said there was some additional requirements since we had upgraded the wiring.I asked if that was going to be a bad thing."It's going to be an expensive thing" he said.I let out a big sigh tilted my head toward him and said"I've spent over $10000 already.I don't own this building ,I only rent it and the city is forcing me out in less than a year.I'm not sure how much more expense I can afford to put into this place.".He looked at me a moment but didn't answer.We walked back into the main room and he said we had to have smoke detectors hardwired into each room. He asked about the address listed with the electric company and said he would call to release our meter.That didn't sound too bad.I called and sent up an appointment for our meter to be reinstalled contingent on his calling in the release.After calling the electric co 7 times to see if he had called in the release I gave him a call at 4:15.He said the meter would not be released until after the final inspection.I really wanted to argue with him but I grit my teeth put on a stupid little lady voice and apologized for my misunderstanding what he had said.
The electrician came out the following day(after I threatened to fire him)to finish up and get us ready for the final.Earlier in the morning I called to confirm he was still coming and he said he had to finish the job he was on then he would be straight there.He and his wife showed up at the usual 4:00.Later in the night he was telling Adam about some on line game he had been playing all day.We ended up being there until 11:45pm.I was furious when Adam told me what he had been doing all day(That's probably why he waited until the electrician left to tell me.).That wasn't all I found out after he left.Earlier that day I had changed into some old clothes to paint.I am not an organized person but I do have an exact way I do things.I always tuck my panties into my pants pocket,fold my bra and lay in on top of the pants.Then I fold my top and lay it over the bra tucking in the sides.My son saw the electrician holding my bra.He told Adam.Adam was on his way to the office when he saw the electricians wife going in the same direction.(The clothing was purposely put out of the way could not have easily been disturbed.)He let it go and figured she would handle it.I don't know what happened but my bra ended up spread out on top of the pile and my white shirt has a black stain on the front I haven't been able to get out.My Mom drilled into our heads to make sure we always had on clean nice looking undergarments.She always used the example of a car accident that would result in our being taken to the hospital.I'm not sure she ever thought about the electrician scenario.
The final did take place the following day.The inspector was overly nice and passed us even though the dumb ass electrician had left some blank space things out of the fuse box.He said he would be back the following day so to get it done.The electrician came in and finished up some switches and a few other things that we noticed were wrong once the power was restored.There is still one outlet that doesn't work but he is suppose to come back to fix it.
The freon line broke when the ac/c guy was doing some final connection and testing the new return/handler.We have to buy a new condenser since they don't make parts for the one we have.So we won't have air conditioning until tomorrow afternoon.Thank God for the cool weekend.We reopened Thursday night and did 31 sessions(I knew our horny friends wouldn't let us down.Maybe that's vice/ versa.Whichever it was a day of rejoice for horny guy in our area.).Friday Diana got sick and we closed 3 hours early.(We didn't have anyone to sit with our son at that time of night on such short notice and Adam goes crazy if I even suggest working alone at night.He hates when I work during the day alone.)Friday we still managed to get in 31 sessions(the same # as the previous night,weird) Saturday we finished with 37.It was a good weekend,the sessions were long and we finished only a few hundred below our weekly average.For the first time in 15 days I was happy.Out of my 9 girls that were so broke and desperate only 3 showed up to work Thursday night.I always told you they were slack asses.
Now that we are making money again and I don't have so much to worry about I can call the guy to come open the pool.I am so excited.
We have almost no savings left.I am just thankful we had the money to get all the repairs done.
We have nothing from you in 2 weeks. Please update us on how things are going.
Posted by: roy | May 03, 2005 at 10:34 AM