People are pissing me off. On the heels of my tiff with San Leandro Honda, I’m now feuding with the CA DMV as well as my apartment complex, Archstone San Mateo. With the former, I’m STILL waiting for my damn HOV stickers. Meanwhile, I’m totally fucking up my brakes in the stop/go bullshit congestion otherwise known as 880. Somehow, I’ve grown even more impatient with the New Year. Resolutions to do and time’s a’wastin’, I guess. Whatever though, DMV is just a waiting game. I called their number and after numerous attempts, finally accessed the manager of the special processing unit. Basically, nothing is organized. She couldn’t tell me the status of my sticker. I told her I was moving Saturday, and she didn’t even take down my new address. She just suggested that I call the USPS to get the mail forwarded. Ghetto.
My gripe with Archstone is much more serious. I am telling you, I have to do everything at least TWICE with these incompetent freaks. I don’t even want to go into it right now as I need to calm down right before bed, but let’s just say, I felt compelled enough to post numerous bad reviews all over the place online, including at apartmentreviews.com, apartmentratings.com, and yelp.com. After I move out Saturday, I still have the place for a week, so I’m going to post some banners/signs telling people not to rent here. Aww yeah, borrowing from the peeps at Manhattan Apartments in Xujiahui after their community had a garage sinking/flooding issue. Gotta fight the power, I tell you.
I’ve actually been getting pissy about our new place too. We applied right around Christmas, and only yesterday did we finally get the lease. I had a few raised flags on the lease– no dealbreakers, but still, when I raised the issues, the listing agent didn’t even bother to call the landlady. He just answered on her behalf. Now maybe he knows her well enough to do this… either way, I didn’t find him/her to be particularly cooperative with my concerns. Whatever though. The space and location is definitely fab, so we are not going to let all that little stuff ruin a great new thing. Tomorrow is cashier’s check, Friday is getting the key, and Saturday bright and early is move-in. Absolutley cannot wait. Unpacking/setting up will be a bitch but with my OCD we’ll have it done in a flash.
In work-related news, anyone have access to a stash of electrical or mechanical engineers? We’re hiring! The boss is back in town, so the to-do list is growing by the minute now. Thank goodness. Waiting on him to proceed on things really slowed down my day. It was practically unbearable, so I welcome the frenzy. Of course, I will keep in mind New Year’s Resolution #1: Work is work. My Spanish class at the community college starts next Tuesday.
Btw, I wrote my first letter to the editor last week, as part of my San Mateo Climate Action group. Got a call from the San Mateo Daily News to confirm my address. Of course, the paper is print only, and since I don’t get it, I actually never saw my piece in print. Maybe I’ll look for it at the library. I’m such a geek. I’m happy about it, because it is my first LTE, but at the same time, it’s only the Daily News— it’s no Washington Post or anything.
What else. Oh, my friend Derek at work is organzing a day trip to Tahoe next weekend. First time skiing for John and me. I’m scared aobut breaking bones. I’ve heard far too many accident stories. Guess I’ll need to invest in some ski pants.