She's a Maniac

The only reason I think of this song is because I watched Punky Brewster. In one of the early episodes she is cleaning and sing “she’s a maniac, maniac on the floor. And she’s dustin’ like she’s never dust before.” And while those still might not be the actual words, that’s the way I remember them. And I sing them every time I clean. Thank you, Punky.

So while Seth’s parents are here, we take advantage and send them with the kids to the zoo. And we go back to the old apartment and clean all the nooks and crannies that we never cleaned while we were there. I dusted and washed window sills, cleaned the showers (had to get the bath crayon off of it), cleaned the cubby where the fridge had sat (a long time ago we took off the wheels to the fridge to get it to fit in that cubby, we hadn’t moved the fridge since then), mopped and vacuumed (floors and ceilings). Seth tried to fix some spots where the paint had peeled when we took posters off walls.

And then we had our inspection. The real estate manager walked in and started inspecting corners in the living room, checking window sills, looking for spiders. As he moved around the living I thought it was going to take forever! Then he stepped into the kitchen. And noticed the big hole.

“What happened here?”

“Seriously?”

“Yeah, what happened?”

“Um, there was a leak in the rubber hose and the plumber that you guys sent over put a hole in the ceiling to find it.”

“Huh.”

Nice. He didn’t know about the big hole. Or the two holes in the upstairs hall. Or even the duct taped holes where the bees were trying to attack. Apparently the guy that had been handling our property was no longer with the company. I’m guessing he either didn’t take notes about the property or thought it would be hilarious to just not tell anyone what was going on.

Needless to say the inspection didn’t last long after that. I think the guy wanted to get back into the office to find out if anyone knew what was going on. He talked to Seth very quickly upstairs (who conveniently covered the hole in the carpet that I had burned while using a heat gun on a project). And that was it.

Seth took one last load back to the new house and then we waited for Alan and Pennie to return with the kids.

I think we got dinner and headed back to our house. I forgot to mention that when our kitchen table was brought over, the legs didn’t get brought over. But our table is far too heavy for a couple of people to lift. So the entire time Alan and Pennie were here, we got to sit on the floor in front of the table. It was fun for the first meal or two. But then it was just painful! Again, my apologies for the disaster of a house on your visit!!