Yesterday

Life here at the complex was pretty difficult yesterday. The plumber and I looked all over the place for the source of a leak in one of the exterior walls. The good news is that we found it. The less good news is that fixing it is going to require tearing the ceiling out of one of the apartments.
Wait! It gets worse! A very conservative hindu woman lives there and refuses to have the workmen there on a weekday because she can not be in the apartment at the same time as a man to whom she is not married if her husband is not there, too.
Solution: I scheduled the work for a Saturday.
Wait more problems! Their little girl has life threatening asthma and can not be in a dust apartment. That means that the ceiling has to be repaired as soon as possible. And the apartment has to be dust-free as soon as possible.
Solution: I have scheduled sheet rock hangers to come in on the heels of the plumbers, and a cleaning service to come in on the heels of the sheet rock hangers. All on a Saturday.
Saturday work is at time and a half.
There goes the landscaping budget.
You know wht the problem is? The people who built these buldings were only thinking about short term profits, so they used galvanized iron pipes, knowing that copper was superior and would last longer.

Cyndi has a job interview today. She is pretty excited. Please pray for her.