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04 September 2014
Bad/Good. Let's play!→[More:]Bad: The guy who mows my lawn is out of town this week, so I had to do it myself.
Good: Because I was outside, my neighbor saw me and gave me some garden tomatoes.
Good: The landlord bought us a new garage door.
Bad: It's been sitting in the box in the garage for a month; the maintenance guy has said he'll come at least 4 times and then not shown up.
Good: He claims he's coming tomorrow!
Bad: See above.
Bad: I need a laptop with Excel + stats patch for my Stats class this semester and I don't have one. What's more, we were told at the start of this program we wouldn't need laptops, so I'm miffed.
Good: I may have figured out a way to remotely access my desktop from the classroom laptops. Also, a classmate offered to lend me an old laptop he has lying around.
Good: Picking up new bike this Sunday!
Bad: Have to wait until Sunday.
Bad: Today is a wonderful employee's last day.
Good: The employee is moving to a fabulous job, we will stay in touch via mutual friends, and the new employee is also wonderful.
Bad : Hell neighbour has still not moved out.
Good: His flat is still showing on the agents' website as 'Sold Subject To Contract' so we are all optimistic that it will soon happen.
Good: Friends from Ohio arrive on Saturday on their way back from Holland to the States.
Bad: I only have 3 days with them before they fly home.
Good: The move to our wonderful new office building happens next week. We have a coffee shop, two restaurants (one with a pizza station) and a gym. Not sure if I'll use the gym, even though it's free, because I'd have to schlep all my stuff in on the train and anyway I love my Bikram class near home. But it's a great resource to have.
Bad: I had to clear out my desk and cabinet today (I will only have a small locker in the new building, and no desk pedestal). I've condensed everything into a small-ish bag, but I'm still not sure it'll fit in the locker.
Bad: not looking forward to my house selling and having to move on :-(
Good: looking forward to hopefully getting out from under this mountain of debt :-)