Wednesday, December 3, 2008

The trip down...

Day 17

I'm starting in a kinda of random order...We flew down to Miami bright and early on Sunday morning November 16th. We were kind of dreading the flight because we had "Simba" our cat with us. He'd only flown once previously when we had moved to Colorado. We gave him his kitty Valium just before we left the house, (Kristi drove us...Thanks again Kris!!) we had to pay our extra bag tax and $100 for Simba. By the time we got to security, he was pretty much out of it...he just clung to Lisa and didn't really let out a peep...He slept most of the flight, got a little restless just before landing but never created a problem. We got our bags, rode the car rental bus to Budget and we were outta there.

The 40 minute drive to Boca was uneventful.

We found our way up to the unit...Lisa had not been there since August when we found it. I had been there in October when I got the keys from Seth (our relocation assistant) -- The place was a little musty as it had not been occupied since April. The water smelled putrid and was a disgusting color, the kitchen was dark (not enough lights) and we needed to open the doors and windows to get some air circulating, but this was home!! -- We ran the water in every faucet and started the washing machine to help drain the hot water heater...which had the dank smelly water...we soon discovered a growing wet spot near the washing machine. We shut it off immediately, looked around for the root of the problem, found a whole bunch of dust bunnies behind the washer and dryer as well as a pair of ladies maroon panties!

What had we gotten in to?? -- I texted Seth, got our landlords agent's phone number; left a message and waited...

Did I mention the cold front that was engulfing the state?

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