Monday May 17, 2004
Perverseness requires that the day after I notice a general trend towards improvement a day of regression and exhaustion is mandatory. Should have known better.
I feel like I've had a body transplant and this one's a whole new ball game. It must have been found at a reseller (like Value Village, maybe?) because it didn't come with an operation manual. Not even any troubleshooting hints.
I'm having a hard time distinguishing the different types of tiredness and therefore properly attributing a cause that I can address. In fact, today I was too tired to drive the letter I needed to get to the landlord people to their place, so I called a cab. Amey's, naturally.
The letter was a heads up about the impending application for a rent abatement (refund, retroactive reduction, whatever you want to call it). I'd wanted desperately to get the paper work finalized today but the energy black hole moved into my world. Tomorrow's the day now. The reason I wanted them to know is/was that tomorrow is the first day they could file an eviction application because I didn't pay the rent while there was no heat and much noise and interference with my "right of quiet enjoyment".
So, you could say I was being helpful and saving them the filing fee of $150. But there are other reasons for my heads up to them. It gives them a chance to play nice and back off. And if they don't (wagers anyone?), I'll be calling in the officials from Fire & Rescue and Property Standards to document violations that (still/again) exist in the building and my apartment.
I believe, and should check, a tenant cannot be evicted while there are outstanding violations (which explains the flurry of activity that took place just before the last such scenario played out in the fall with the previous management types). But I am getting way ahead of the game.
Back to tired and dragging my ass around. I admit I did forget to eat for most of the day. Or at least, I didn't eat as much or as often as I did yesterday. But I didn't feel hungry, either. While resting for a bit I decided I felt about as close to comatose as I can recall, which got me wondering: Do people in comas feel really tired?
Immediately after that I decided to give my brain the rest of the night off. And, yes, I ate again.
The cost of gas has prompted me to install a locking gas cap on my Jeep again. That, and rechecking (one last time) who the owners of record are for the building were the only really productive things I did today. At least they are the only ones I recall. Bummer.
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