At the end of July, I ended up with a very sick Preston. Tot Time Wednesday and Story Time Friday seemed to have introduced us to lots of germs! Getting up with a sick two year old for a week straight and a new baby wore me out!!! If one wasn't crying at me, then the other one was and Pete was gone all day with the start flight school (We'll get to that in a minute). I was at my wits end and tired beyond all measure. Needless to say, I was one GRUMPY April! I called my mom and asked for a visit. I knew that there would be lots of hands to hold babies and I could catch up on some sleep. I packed up the kiddos and made the drive down to Florida. It took about 7 hours and I must say that they were both awesome!!!! Preston happily played in the front seat of the car as I stopped to breast feed at rest stops along the way and Ashlyn seemed content to wake up, look at her toys for a bit and then fall back asleep. We got to my parents house in the afternoon and were greeted by the willing hands of Grandma!!!! Whoo-hoo!
While I was in Florida, I had the icky task of getting the condo ready to rent again. Rent again...so soon... you ask?! Well, our renters skipped out on us in the middle of the night. They skipped out after kicking in two of the windows (brand new windows by the way), who knows where the screens or screen door are, putting holes in the bamboo almost indestructible floor, breaking every single blind in the house, burying trash in both the front and the back, leaving the golf cart broken halfway down the hill in the back with all four tires ruined, busting the glass shower doors, and taking all of the face plates! Did I mention this was the damage after my mom spent two weeks cleaning up the dirt, dog pee, and bugs from the inside?! Welcome to the world of landlord I suppose. While my mom took the kiddos, I had the disgusting task of trying to fix everything. I found out that the screens for the windows are irreplaceable (it's cheaper to buy a whole new window since they are custom sizes), the blinds are also custom sizes so I had to special order those, and the yard in the front and back was such a disgusting mess with trash that it took me two days to finish. Forget about getting to the shower doors or face plates. I was beyond pissed and angry at what these people did to my home. He was a paramedic and worked for the city so Pete and I thought that we would be somewhat safe. He also passed a background and credit check. We learned the hard way that that means NOTHING! While I was there, my neighbors were more than happy to fill me in on the other people living in the house (three to be exact), the cops being called for violent fights, and the damage the dog did to the neighbors porch. Why they didn't call us and let us know BEFORE hand is beyond me. I ended up having to call Pete in tears and tell him that it was just too much damage for me to take care of-not to mention the terrible emotional toll of having to spend hours in the home that I worked years on and see it trashed. My dad came to the rescue at the end of the week and the realtor has it listed as we are working on trying to get the repairs finished. Pete has finally been able to get in contact with our renter (nothing like the threat of small claims court to speed up the returning phone call process) and he didn't even try to deny the damage they caused. He wants to work out some sort of payment plan with us and I am leaving that all up to Pete. For my part, I want nothing to do with it anymore and I am happy that Pete is going to take care of the details.
Despite all of that, it was a good visit to Florida. Here are some pictures of our trip and you can see how much Ashlyn has grown...she is such a big girl!
Now onto flight school...SIGH...what a difficult time for all of us as a family. Not too much else to say because I don't really have anything nice to say other than Pete loves flying...so there is one positive!
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That stinks about your condo. Hoepfully it will all work out!
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