Let’s sum this up:
Giovanni showed up on Friday to do one day’s worth of work – I accumulated things to make it worth his while to be here one full day – long story short on Monday he is still here and had had my truck all weekend and the $100 I gave him to rent a pressure washer to get up the paint that HE dropped all over the Trek decking – turns out he got his brother’s pressure washer and was going to charge me $90 – unfuckingbelievable. So done – go away – leave me alone.
Columns were done to the tune of $760 to refinish what was finished but then unfinished by derelict second contractor. Done – go away – leave me alone.
Ah, but wait, there’s more:
Ken rings my doorbell this evening – I hobble to the door and look at him – he says he wants to apologize. Says he was going through some personal shit when he was working on the house – I said you? um, maybe you didn’t notice but so was I and I don’t like the way you spoke to me – you are dismissive of women and that is unacceptable. We ended the conversation cordially but I told him I was reticent to accept his apology in light of having gone down that road with him so many times before. So done, go away, leave me alone.
Work sucked – my computer wasn’t ready till late in the afternoon – had to do all my work by Blackberry until it got here and had to get the magnifying glasses out to read the lengthy emails and attachments. Anybody from work reading this and thinking it is inappropriate to say that “work sucked today” in my blog – GET A FUCKING LIFE!
Sigh – one more thing – one bandage off on the right foot – left foot on the mend.
Monday is Dead to Me.