So the good news: we got our disgusting stairwell redone. New flooring and vinyl steps. It is much nicer than the old smelly and stained carpet and broken linoleum. AND a month after it was installed, it was CLEANED I think with Pine Sol. It smelled good and made me happy.The bad news: one of my unmentioned before but good neighbor is moving out. Good upstanding citizen. He is upset that Mark was allowed to move back into the complex twice (since I have been here) after being kick out twice (since I have been here). I argued that he has been good since he got back from jail. But good downstairs neighbor's prediction is that as soon as the weather gets nice, Mark will be on the rampage again. Another old lady that I don't know moved out recently - I am not sure if it is because of Mark.
I am not sure why my landlord lets Mark stay here. The residents complain about him, he gets arrested frequently, and he does crazy stuff like block another neighbor's fire exit with his own refrigerator and coat the fire exit stair with his clothes and bedding. That got a call to the landlord and the Fire Marshall from at least me. In any case, Mark is here and other upstanding residents are moving out.
And on an odd note, I found a broken piece of crack pipe in the washing machine as I was adding my laundry. I picked it out and put it in the trash. Just got around to googling "crack pipe" to confirm my suspicions. If you are going to smoke crack, make sure you remove your pipe from your pocket before you do the wash. Otherwise it will break and you will have to buy a new one. That is free advise from me to you. I did get custom shades for my huge and beautiful factory building windows (I can stand fully on each of the window "sills" a foot deep, 3 feet wide, and six feet high.) My apartment will be prettier soon. I'll post pictures when I get them up. First I have to break/ take down the old holders for curtains/ blinds/ shades and remove the old venetian blinds that the maintenance man painted over so they don't open.
