I went to Emporia mid morning. First stop was to pick up the keys to the rental property that a company had been managing for me. It is good to be done with them.
I went to the rental house and Tagen met me there. He thinks it will work well for him and his buddy. It is small but perfect for a first rental for two young men.
I can’t say I was surprised that I found some issues with the house. I was told other than the dining room needing painted, the rest of the house was clean and the house was ready to rent.
The back yard is full of down branches. There is a shed in the back yard that has the door ripped off and laying in the shed. The shed has lots of junk in it. The ceiling fans have lots and lots of dirt and grim on them. Every room in the house needs painting. The blinds are very dirty and most are broken. I would not say that the house is ready to rent.
Tagen and I went out to lunch and then to the paint store to pick out paint. It took Tagen all of one minute to select a color. We are going to paint all the walls in the house the same color.
Next I went to have a blood draw. I got half the results back today. My TSH is 1.8 which is just a touch low. My goal range is 2.0 – 2.5. Last time it was over 3. I will never understand why it varies so much. The other half of the blood test has to be read at a lab in TX and the results won’t be back for several days.
I went to the water department in Emporia to arrange for water service for Tagen’s house. They made it quick and easy.
I was going to stop at Walmart and pick up a prescription and some groceries but the weather was looking very threatening and I didn’t want to get caught in the rain.
I drove home through some heavy rain. I am grateful for the rain. It came down hard and fast but didn’t last very long. It is raining again this evening. I hope it rains for a couple of hours but not sure it will. We are in a tornado watch until 2:00 tomorrow morning.
When I got to the rental house I realized I had arranged for gas and electricity to be connected to 615 instead of 616. I had to call and get that fixed. The electric was easy once I got past the automated phone service. The gas was a bit harder. There was a 20 minute wait for service so they gave me an option to put in a call back number. I tried ten different times to give them my phone number but the system would not take it. I finally hung up and went on line and arranged for a call.
When the lady called this afternoon she was efficient and kind. I saved having to make a $120 deposit. Not sure why she waived that but was grateful she did. Guess sometimes it pays to screw something up.
I wrote a letter to the company that managed my rentals and let them know how disappointed I was in the service they provided. I am ever so grateful I am done with them. I don’t think I could use them again for any of my real estate needs.
I have a free day tomorrow. I want to do a bit more painting on the front porch if weather permits. I discovered a couple places on the cedar posts that I missed and there is a board below the flooring that needs to be painted. I may paint on the upper level too – I’ll see how ambitious I am feeling tomorrow. If the weather is bad, I may go to town and get started painting on the rental.
Friday I am meeting Tagen at the new house in the morning and we are going to start painting. I have exercise at 2:00 and I will take him to lunch so won’t have lots of painting time. The house isn’t very big so it shouldn’t be a big job. Tagen is nice and tall and can do the high stuff for me.
Saturday I am going to the Women’s Rights March in Topeka if weather permits. If it is raining, I won’t go. I’m too old to stand out in the rain and cold and enjoy the day.
Sunday I will probably go back to town and do some more painting. Tagen is off that day until 6:00 so he can help me again. We have some cleaning to do and a back yard that needs cleaned up too. I want to get three new ceiling fans with light fixtures to replace the ones in the house. The old ones are so dirty I am afraid they are a fire hazard.
I came home from town feeling drained. I am so disappointed in the company I used to manage my properties. I paid them a higher commission than I did the other person I had used who retired. I certainly don’t feel I got what I paid for.
Someone removed the Boyda sign from my yard this week. My Harris sign blew away yesterday in the wind. Election is close enough I am not going to replace them. I am thinking most people have already decided who they are going to vote for and signs don’t much matter at this point.
Finding it hard to settle tonight. I am still upset about the property management company. I will let it go soon – need to allow myself to totally feel all the emotions of my disappointment with them and then I will be OK. Feels good to have seen the house and show it to Tagen. It will be fun to paint with him over the next couple of days/weeks.
Grateful I got to have lunch with Tagen today, grateful my TSH levels are lower than they were last time, and grateful for the rain falling as I type.