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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
Dear landlord, you struggle!
WE MADE IT TO DALLAS! *To any blogstalking burglers we have a a really strong man staying in our house so stay away! We really do.
WHY DALLAS? Dave is doing his anesthesia "audition rotation" here for a month. I debated on coming or staying in AZ with Luke alone for the whole month. We decided it would be a good adventure and nice to be together.
THE DRIVE- Luke was heaven sent the whole 16 hour car ride. He was so sweet. He flew Buzz Lightyear around in his carseat, read books to himself, and watched movies. He also took some pretty good naps and in the middle of one nap Dave and I were talking and obviously annoying Luke, so he pulled a blanket over his head and slept another hour! I love that boy. Seriously, I complained way more than him. I had to make a rule that I could only complain once an hour. I am the most worthless passenger in the world! I was carsick before we even pulled out of the garage. I can't look at maps, text, turn around for even a second because I get too sick. So I just sat in the back with Luke and slept. Dave the great just drove the whole time without a complaint.
The Arrival- On day two of driving we finally pulled up late Saturday night searching for the condo. We thought we had the wrong address because when we peeked in there was stuff everywhere and some man hanging out! Oh, nope don't worry just the guy we are renting from. He is Mathew McConaughy meets Crush the turtle from "Finding Nemo." Total hippie surfer. He has his stuff everywhere and the place is so disgust! Mental image-Frat house with no countertops (waiting for the "new granite"), no cabinets doors, PURE black tub, dirt on walls, door handles, etc. My other favorites, floor covered with dead bugs and some old shedded brown rug. He has never owned a vacuum and when Dave left the room he thought it was fun to tell me about the cockroach infestation as he wipes them off the counters and touches Luke's head! I didn't crack a smile and I think I almost punched him but then I realized there is no way this is real. I was TOTALLY waiting for Dave to walk back with a camera crew! Nope it was and is real. Cry me an ocean!! Long story short our gnarly, righteous frenemy finally exited around midnight and I slept with my eyes open waiting for the cockroaches to eat us alive.
Latest update- Sunday morning we were depressed! We were seriously playing hot lava, where you can't touch the floor. We were jumping from napkin to rag to anything other than the frightening floor. So Dave called up my tormentor and asked him how we were going to get this place cleaned up because Luke was playing with the dead bugs. (sidenote-renter dude had a nasty dead butterfly on display on top of the tv...so weird) Obviously I am not Mary Poppins and couldn't fit our vacuum, mop and other cleaning devices so he was really nice and apologized. He said probably should have had it cleaned before (um, yes) and was thinking about Luke taking a bath in that tub. So he showed up with a rag and spray bottle. We bought many more hard core chemicals and casually mentioned that we were at Target and there was a sale on a good vacuum. He was actually excited about that one and will hopefully pay us back. Long story short we left and went exploring while he was cleaning. I have since cleaned the tub four more times in one day and we have vacuumed many more times as well. It is actually a nice place but it is still tainted in my mind. The cockroaches are down to under ten a day. Sweeet!
Lesson learned- The pics of the place on craigslist looked nice and it wasn' t some steal or anything so that is not our fault, but I am proud to announce that my illness is starting to fade. I am becoming less of a germ-a-phobe. Today at the park, I actually only used the hand sanitizer on Luke at the very end of the park trip. Even Dave noted my progress! This will be quite the adventure to remember and I think I am still glad that we came! Hopefully it will only get better?! And might I add that it feels so good to get that off of my chest!
WHY DALLAS? Dave is doing his anesthesia "audition rotation" here for a month. I debated on coming or staying in AZ with Luke alone for the whole month. We decided it would be a good adventure and nice to be together.
THE DRIVE- Luke was heaven sent the whole 16 hour car ride. He was so sweet. He flew Buzz Lightyear around in his carseat, read books to himself, and watched movies. He also took some pretty good naps and in the middle of one nap Dave and I were talking and obviously annoying Luke, so he pulled a blanket over his head and slept another hour! I love that boy. Seriously, I complained way more than him. I had to make a rule that I could only complain once an hour. I am the most worthless passenger in the world! I was carsick before we even pulled out of the garage. I can't look at maps, text, turn around for even a second because I get too sick. So I just sat in the back with Luke and slept. Dave the great just drove the whole time without a complaint.
The Arrival- On day two of driving we finally pulled up late Saturday night searching for the condo. We thought we had the wrong address because when we peeked in there was stuff everywhere and some man hanging out! Oh, nope don't worry just the guy we are renting from. He is Mathew McConaughy meets Crush the turtle from "Finding Nemo." Total hippie surfer. He has his stuff everywhere and the place is so disgust! Mental image-Frat house with no countertops (waiting for the "new granite"), no cabinets doors, PURE black tub, dirt on walls, door handles, etc. My other favorites, floor covered with dead bugs and some old shedded brown rug. He has never owned a vacuum and when Dave left the room he thought it was fun to tell me about the cockroach infestation as he wipes them off the counters and touches Luke's head! I didn't crack a smile and I think I almost punched him but then I realized there is no way this is real. I was TOTALLY waiting for Dave to walk back with a camera crew! Nope it was and is real. Cry me an ocean!! Long story short our gnarly, righteous frenemy finally exited around midnight and I slept with my eyes open waiting for the cockroaches to eat us alive.
Latest update- Sunday morning we were depressed! We were seriously playing hot lava, where you can't touch the floor. We were jumping from napkin to rag to anything other than the frightening floor. So Dave called up my tormentor and asked him how we were going to get this place cleaned up because Luke was playing with the dead bugs. (sidenote-renter dude had a nasty dead butterfly on display on top of the tv...so weird) Obviously I am not Mary Poppins and couldn't fit our vacuum, mop and other cleaning devices so he was really nice and apologized. He said probably should have had it cleaned before (um, yes) and was thinking about Luke taking a bath in that tub. So he showed up with a rag and spray bottle. We bought many more hard core chemicals and casually mentioned that we were at Target and there was a sale on a good vacuum. He was actually excited about that one and will hopefully pay us back. Long story short we left and went exploring while he was cleaning. I have since cleaned the tub four more times in one day and we have vacuumed many more times as well. It is actually a nice place but it is still tainted in my mind. The cockroaches are down to under ten a day. Sweeet!
Lesson learned- The pics of the place on craigslist looked nice and it wasn' t some steal or anything so that is not our fault, but I am proud to announce that my illness is starting to fade. I am becoming less of a germ-a-phobe. Today at the park, I actually only used the hand sanitizer on Luke at the very end of the park trip. Even Dave noted my progress! This will be quite the adventure to remember and I think I am still glad that we came! Hopefully it will only get better?! And might I add that it feels so good to get that off of my chest!
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