Sunday, February 12, 2012

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

It is amazing to see Cheyenne grow more and more each day.  She is just so adventurous and loves to get into things.  Right now, one of her favorite things to do is to open dresser drawers and hand over head, toss each article of clothing out on the floor behind her, will put her sippy cup inside and close the drawer.  She also likes to open large storage bins.  She is only ONE and she has already figured out how the little side latches open and close.  She knows when she wants attention, she will walk over to the bin (that we currently have acting as a make-shift baby gate, will open the latches, remove the lid and take out a little baggy of wall hangers that is lying inside the bin.  She like the way the little baggy sounds when she shakes it, so it's not long before I hear that, no matter where I am in the house that I have to come running! 
Yes, a make shift baby gate... the hallways and area to my kitchen is JUST wider than the average baby gate so yes, we have large plastic filled storage bins to block her from going into the boys room where she is certain to get into trouble.  The boys even enjoy the little blockades as they get a running start from the front door, getting three good strides in before they hurdle over, sometimes making it, sometimes not.  A few feet from the blockade is the back of the couch which certainly stops them abruptly too if they overshoot their landing. 
Anyway... Cheyenne has also figured out how to use my MyTouch smart phone.  I always had to time-out the screen before giving her my phone because she would certainly find a way to jack up my home page or move shortcuts around or select a app that I don't feel like subscribing too (but can't delete - god that's annoying).  But now little miss "I-just-turned-one" knows how to turn the screen on, and puts it up to her head and says "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" and it's so stinkin cute.  If she wasn't walking off with my phone I would most certainly have snapped a picture of it... I'll have to try to get one with my regular camera soon.   

Monday, February 6, 2012

Is honesty always the best policy?

So we moved into this apartment the last week of October 2011.  Around December while I was contacting the office regarding some maintenance, I advised I had not received a water bill yet and I was concerned.  The girl told me not to worry about it, that a full month would have to go by before I would receive a bill, that that was normal.  So... here we are in the first week of February and we have not received a water bill yet.  I felt like I have brought this to their attention already and seems like they weren't worried about it, so should I be?  

There is a part inside me that feels like I should go ahead and call them about it again. Honesty is the best policy, right?  But there is an another part of me that thinks that this is part of their responsibility as property managers to establish accounts for their tenants and I shouldn't have to beg them to bill me.  Another part of me thinks if they finally catch the mistake and then try to bill me 5 months all at once I would be in big trouble.

Then.... there's another part of me that thinks.. hmmm... the ice maker line from the freezer constantly leaks into my fridge which if I'm not careful, leaks all over everything in my fridge, finally settling on the bottom shelf, ruining everything down there. So, I leave nothing on the bottom shelf and I have gigantic bowl on the top shelf that doesn't give me room to keep much on the top shelf either.  I have to be quick to empty the bowl I have in there to catch the water or else stuff gets ruined.  They have already been out four or five times but it is never fixed.  I keep telling myself that they are not worried about me wasting water because they are letting this water dripping go own day in and day out. 

Then... there is the last part of me that thinks that the one really cool lady from the office sympathizes with me that they have moved me under the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus and they feel sorry for me so they are keeping my water on their tab.  I don't know...  I'm pretty conflicted but then again maybe I'm not :) 

What would you do?