Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Friday is just another day, or Thank God it's NOT Friday!

What? No pictures? Well, you see, it's kinda like this. The apartment didn't get ready this weekend. I know, I know. You see, the best made plans and so forth. I have three large boxes to unpack and a desk to de-clutter. I could have done that on Friday, the day I'd planned to have it done, but my Friday didn't go exactly as planned. The day started well enough, no harbinger rang out to warn me of the trouble ahead. And it was trouble. With a capitol "T". BAck in October of '06 was the last time that the hide-a-bed was used, by Glenice as a matter of fact. Even though she was the last to sleep on it, I knew she'd want fresh sheets. I opened the couch to take the old ones off and was met with a horrendous smell. Reek was more like it. And the covers were stuck to the metal frame. What the hell? I pried the blanket loose and the smell got worse. It was everywhere. I managed to get the sheets and blanket loose and off, then proceeded to pull the mattress out to the patio, where I sprayed it with some freshening stuff. I threw the blankets and sheets into the washing machine and prayed that they'd get clean. Then I turned my attention to the couch. I couldn't help it. You could smell it all through the apartment. What had happened? It looked like it had somehow gotten wet. I figure that BooBear, in his perpetual quest for a clean litter box, had somehow peed down the back of the cushions. Yet this smell was not evident UNTIL I opened the hide-a-bed. I sprayed down the mattress support and the couch. Then I went to work on the bar with a brillo pad to see if I could get the rust (or what I thought was rust) off of there. By this time the washing machine had gone into the final spin cycle and the thing became over balanced. I tried to fix it, but the blanket and stuff wouldn't cooperate. So I did what I used to do at home, just leaned on it until the cycle was through. Took the stuff out and threw it in the dryer, then loaded the washing machine with towels and bath rugs. Went back to work on the bed, taking the cushions outside and spraying them, spraying the mattress again for good measure. Came back into the house, did a few things and then went to put some trash away in the kitchen. The kitchen floor was flooded. Yeah, you heard me. Flooded. Water pouring out from beneath the washing machine. It took 4 1/2 big rolls of paper towels to wipe it up. Luckily the load was done. Are you with me so far? Yeah, thought so. It was at this time that I thought that a daquiri was in order. The outcome? The couch had to be thrown out - loaded with fungus and mold. Replacement luckily found by accident at a garage sale for $40. With a $70 slipcover, it was taken care of. The washer? Glenice pulled it out a bit, climbed up and looked behind and re-connected the hose that had come loose when the washer had gone into it's shimmying (sp?) overload dance. That was my Friday. May it never come again.

11 comments:

Bailey Stewart said...

Oh, and btw, Glenice gave a pretty good description of the apartment in yesterday's comments.

Dru said...

I'm glad you were able to find a replacement rather quickly.

Sorry about the flood. You're lucky that you can have a washer in your apartment, we have to go down to the laundry room.

Have a good Wednesday.

Anonymous said...

Adventures are what you want to be in the middle of when you're bored at home, and when you're in the middle of, you just want to go away.

Well, at least that's a paraphrase from Bilbo Baggins...

We all survived, and a bargain was found in the process! Hurray for Glenice's sharp eye!

Bailey Stewart said...

Yeah, but now my apartment is filled with ants!

Christa said...

sorry to hear about the ill-fated friday. Yup you definately deserve a daquiri or 2 or 3... ugh ants. Do you know where they are coming from?
I'm with Dru I don't have a washer in my apartment I have to go down to the laundry room.
The description Glenice gave yesterday was excellent but a picture is worth a thousand words ;-)

Brandy said...

Ugh! I hate ants. Look on the bright side, I bet your Daquiri was yummy! *g* Hugs for such a bad Friday.

Anonymous said...

I am beginning to think you just like to read my begging for pictures!

Anonymous said...

Bailey, yikes! Hugs on the flood, couch, and ants! I hope you did get that daquirri.

raine said...

I think we're related somewhere down the line...

Bailey Stewart said...

I know we are ;)

Anonymous said...

Just checking on you to make sure you're okay.

Sorry about the couch and ants.

Wish I'd been there to share a daiquiri!