let👏🏽me👏🏽tell👏🏽y’all👏🏽about👏🏽👏🏽my👏🏽mfn👏🏽👏🏽WEEKEND!
lol, i’m getting it together in my mental, but whew chillay! life will always happen, but the good and bad thing about it is that it’ll pass. whether good or bad, i think i’ve kept a pretty level head through it all. but ok, let me get specific because i cannot make this up! lolol
so, last week i started to get down because i really miss my mama & daddy. i’m bouncing between driving home & not driving across some states. but i just started to call more, talk more, create more & release more…it really helped! then i noticed my toilet making bubbling/gurgling noises…but i was also just watching some scary movies so idk what it was for a while, lol. so saturday morning as i was preparing for a virtual wellness retreat facilitated by OM Noire! (it was soooo damn bomb & healing & cleansing!) anyways, someone knocks on my door & i think it’s the mail person because i’ve been finding a lot of deals, plus i’ve been bored lol. then they knocked again & i was like,
“oh shit, i don’t have on pants! one sec!” i met my neighbor at my front door with a crop top & a towel around my waist, lmao. (mega face palm)
he’s like, “hi! i’m your neighbor, is your plumbing working?” lol, weird, right?
“uhm, noooope. there’s not a lot of water in the toilet bowl & it’s been gurgling, but that’s it.” mind you, i legit just showered!
“oh. ok. my shower flooded & there’s water in the hallway.” …yikessssssssssss & thaaaats craaaaazy. that’s all i got for you! lmao, in the nicest way, he asks, “do you rent or own?”
big pause
“i.own.” why dafuq would you ask that?? like why in the world are you trying me??? especially when your shower is full of shit.
“ok, i’m going to call management & hopefully get someone out here. & you’re sure nothings flooded?”
eyeroll, but “ok cool & no, but good luck. also let me know any updates.”
YALL. like 2 hours later, my neighbor & the coolest maintenance man were knocking on my door. main man of maintence, da homie aka older black man, knocks on my door. again, i needed to put on pants, but i chose sweats this time. they say the plumbers are on the way, don't use the potty or sinks or washers for a bit. ooook, i can manage that...usually, but this time my stomach was like OK YOU THOUGHT! so i went to a friends & then management sends an alert to all tenants that they're working on plumbing issues on the first floor bc there was water in my neighbors, shit in the gym & hallway! like whew! but i'm like ok, i saw then working before i left so that's fine i spend the night at my friends, no biggie.
the next morning, i get a call from management. and it's her cell number bc i have the office saved. she says, "hey can you not stay at home for a bit? they're gonna tearing down the walls in the hallway & y'all can't be there. so if you need a hotel, lmk." i'm like 😳☹️, WTF. ok ok, let me see if i can make arrangements i'll get back to you. i call my mom & tells me to ask what hotel & then get it....that made me hellllla nervous. so i text her, naturally.
me: hey, which hotel is it?
management: st regis
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management 30 min later: i’m going to reserve your room, it’ll be in your name
me: THANKS!!
so i rush home to clean, pack & get shit out👏🏽the👏🏽way👏🏽!! that took 2.5 hours because so many negative outcomes filled my spinning head. i just tried to put everting on a higher piece of furniture. so nothing is really on the floor. i really hope it works if anything crazy happens. so then i leave to go pick up an order from my friend. i got us some emanadas! when i finally got there, everything set in because my dad finally called me back and i gave him the scoop. shit was wild! & i ended up needing a hug, several actually. but i relaxed down. then when i started to get up so i could dip, i started spinning negative possibilities and the fact that i cant cook anymore lol. all the groceries i bought...dead. & i forgot soap lol. so i had to go back. when i did, i saw ripped up base boards and carpet in the hallway. stickered up walls to mark where the pipes are & hella fans blowing super cold air. oh yeah, the door was closed to the hallway...i aint even realize that that was possible, lol. so i grabbed my stuff & dipped to finally check in the hotel. that was tiring. i finally got down & comfy in the bed...& it set in. that could be the last time i see my place, lol. it feels dramatic but it could happen. idk. but since it's out of my control, i'm letting go & taking care of what i was able to grab.
so that’s been my past couple of days. oh! also, my period just started too & ive just been chilling in this bland hotel room.
*smooches*