Exciting day yesterday-

So, a couple of exciting things happened yesterday on the Apartment Manager front.

I'll go light hearted first:

BAM! NEW VACUUM BABY!

I give you the Eureka Capture. So I know it's not that exciting, but seriously, this thing is awesome. It's got a POWER PAW BITCH! Oh yeah, stairs beware. And let's not forget about the self cleaning duster. One of the tenants in the building has a house cleaning service, so I took it up to his place to show it off. He was mildly impressed. "It's no Dyson" Well, yeah, the management company isn't going to sport for a $500 vacuum. I'm lucky I got them to give me this one. If it wasn't for the fact that I had been using one from like 1954, I don't think they would have gone for it.

On a less exciting note, one of my tenants tried to off himself yesterday afternoon. A bunch of cops, ambulance, and fire truck pulled up in front of the building at around 2pm. "Are they coming here?" Yep. No one would say anything to me at first but as soon as they realized I was the manager they started to talk. Apparently, the tenant had taken a bunch of pills and a had drank a shit load of alcohol, called his boyfriend and the boyfriend called it in. When the cops showed up, they found that he had also bought a small portable bbq and had lit a bunch of briquettes in the bathtub, then sealed off the bathroom with tape to try and carbon monoxide himself out. (Just for those contemplating this - it doesn't really work, briquettes don't really give off much CO, at least that's what the firemen told me). But needless to say, they rushed him off to the hospital.

Surprisingly enough, he knocked on my door this morning at 10am. He had already been released?! How does that happen? My only guess is that he didn't have medical coverage to pay for it. How incredibly lame is that. "Well, you seem to be in dire mental health, but since you can't really pay for your visit here, I guess we will let you go. Please don't do that again." So who knows. One of the other unfortunate things is that his partner (that is gay companion for all you red state people) wasn't able to get any information from the cops, the hospital, anyone. The cops didn't even call him after I gave them all the contact info. So unbelievable.

But, that was my excitement for the day yesterday. I'm still excited about the vacuum, can't wait to give it a spin this afternoon. I'm sure once I hit the second floor the excitement will have worn off, but hey, that first floor is going to rock!

Oh yeah, and don't forget to go buy a calendar (or awesome pillow) from my wife's shop - see the below post. The more she sells, the more I'm garaunteed to get some Christmas presents.