there's no use in neuroticizing over what i can't remember.

but, i need to take more detailed notes...

well, let's hope they're right.

 

did i actually do laundry on sunday?

i don't remember.

i did it on saturday.

i know i did dishes. i know i went to the store.

the only other thing i can think of is that i got dinged on the scanner on sunday, but it's not adding up, either. was it coffee, then? the microwave? it was an only an hour, but it was a lot.

this is what can't happen. i need to know what i'm using. i'm going to need to take extra note of the electrical usage.

right now, i'm on track for 100-120 kwh this billing cycle, which is substantially less. so long as i stay low for the rest of the month, i should be ok (although i'm going to need to do one more load). i have to keep an eye on this, because i'm not paying this bill.

i'm slowly feeling better, but i'm going to need the fan on overnight, regardless, i'm sure.

the hot water works, at least.

the headache was better when in the shower, but came back as soon as i got out. and, the smell is back, too.

i understand that these things are probably all related, but these migraines are debilitating, and i can't just tough it out. i don't want to complain about the smell until the power turns back on, although that just confirms it's probably the heat. but, i might have to sleep it off....

i can't turn the fan off with the migraine like this. i know it's the dominant factor, even if it got triggered by something to do with the electrical.

the fridge is plugged in. that's the most important thing.

the stove doesn't work, but the fridge does, when it's plugged into the stove. figure that out. the stove is just blinking.

there's enough power to the microwave to run the clock, but not enough to turn it on.

some of the lights are on at about half power, some of them are on full power and some of them are blinking.

the enwin site claims the power is out for an unknown reason and, as mentioned, i'm not expecting anybody on it until after 9:00. the hours are 9:00-5:00, but you have to wait for the workers to shake off the beer from the night before and smoke a joint before they get to work on the power lines. i'll be lucky if it's on before noon.

it almost seems like something blew up....

i tried to sleep off the headache this afternoon, and it didn't work, so i'm going to try to nap it off for a bit more tonight. i've got some aspirin in me and some fruit in me and some soy in me. let's hope i'm better in a bit - let's hope i don't have to waste the whole night.

yeah, the electrical doesn't seem to be particularly out of the ordinary for the last week.

i think the power is out on the other side of the house for the night, unfortunately. the electrical company only seems to work 9:00-5:00. yeah. 

my head is throbbing, so i'm going to see if the hot water works and take a shower if it does.

there's a very weird power outage, here. i can confirm that it's listed at the enwin site, but what i'm experiencing doesn't seem like a power outage.

it's more like i'm not getting enough amperage on half of the house - like the power has been cut. the lights flicker or come at half power. and, the weirdest thing is that one of the ports on the stove works, and the other doesn't.

so, i've strung up a bunch of power cords into the stove to get online and leave the fridge on. and, i'll need to call them in the morning if it doesn't turn back on.

i'm also dealing with a migraine for the first time in a while, and, yes, i'm wondering if it has to do with the fans turning off. i'm going to wait it out for a bit, but i can't suffer through migraines like this. if the migraine is still going on midnight, i'll have to run the fan overnight.

i've decided to be thorough, so the application record is taking longer than i wanted and is going to be a lot longer than i intended. but, i don't want to rely on the cops to provide the information. i think i'm almost done...

you really need to stop listening to capitalists, though.

really.

they're not smart.

guess i needed some more sleep....

it was less, this time. more of a nap, really, even, but i had to crash.

my landlord stopped to talk to me on the way home from getting soy milk yesterday, and he claims he's not going to file. he said he had a talk with his daughters, and they won't move in, after all. of course, the reality is that he was just angry about my tactics in getting him to do something about the sewers, and seems to have reflected that i had to do something because he wasn't paying attention. but, i also suspect that the underlying issue is persistent - i basically had to get on his ass because he's clinically lazy (or depressed.), and i think he's refusing to file for more or less the same reason. if anything, i seem to have pissed him off enough to become uncharacteristically assertive, and that initial reaction seems to have faded quickly.

of course, he also got my own suit, which i launched immediately. that appears to have also caught him off guard - but i warned him i was going to do it.

i can't immediately drop. he has several weeks to file still, and i need to ensure that he doesn't file the day i drop. in fact, i won't drop until the week of. but, if he doesn't file, and the issue remains largely resolved, i will cancel at the last minute, because i do not want to plan to move at this time.

he would like to revisit the issue in july. i hope that works out.

so, i came in, got something to eat, took a shower, and then it was 23:00. i decided to take a nap before i got to work, and it didn't really take - it took a while to doze off, and then i sat in suspended-awakeness for a while after stirring awake again after 3:00. i'm going to try to wake up because i'm feeling alert...but that was arguably not even really a sleep....