T Minus Marvelous

Five days ago, on Monday, me and a few other Tenants of my urban Apartment building met the Banker. The man who owns the mortgage on the building. He gave us a notice that he was collecting rents and let us know the Owner is in arrears on his real estate taxes. Worse than that though, the City has a suit against the naughty Owner. Turns out that the Inspector has deemed this historical apartment building unsafe for occupancy. I know, it’s a mind blow.

That’s another little thing I hate, being the last one to know that I am living in a building that is unsafe. Information this BIG being delivered to the Tenants last, the ones affected by poor decisions and lack of responsibility … there is something seriously wrong with that picture. I think it’s time to re-write a few laws that serve tenants in the state of Iowa.

Things could have gone differently in the last five days and thank goodness they didn’t. The electrical issue that was discovered on Monday when the Banker was here. The Banker who acted immediately on concerns of the Tenants and brought an Electrician over to take care of things. I thank my lucky stars that the Banker didn’t decide to go golfing on that sunny warm day.

I’ve watched the Realtor and the Banker work their tails off. Now we cross our fingers that the suit from the City does not cause all of the Tenants who live here to move. The tenants are a little freaked out. I’m trying really hard not too be.

Five days ago, before this came up, when I was happily painting walls and ceilings in my apartment. I was also working on a budget for Christmas and listening to Bing Crosby songs in the early morning hours for inspiration. I feel discombobbulated lately, not inspired to paint. I’ve been on pause with a few things.

And this other little thing happened in the last five days. My son Ben found a little kitty. You were probably thinking you wanted a little kitty right?! He is a beautiful and tender loving little boy kitten that Mia wants to name Marv … which is short for Marvelous.

Who doesn’t need a little Marvelous in their life?

And speaking of things good and otherwise marvelous … it would be awesome to just get away for a little while, I’d be more than thrilled if we could join my son Ben at the Phish concert in LA as a volunteer next week. Yes, that’s right, I’ve been thinking it would be nice to leave a few cares behind. Letting go of cares would be be perfect right now. Then again, it’s really is marvelous that I am sitting down and finding the words to express how I feel on my blog.

Cross your fingers with me and hope this all works out in the days ahead, could you … would you please?

Not only am I praying, I’ve been as helpful as I can be with my neighbors and with the Banker, I think he’s getting used to my calling with questions and concerns on our behalf. I couldn’t be more grateful that he’s such a good listener and has taken care of so many issues saved our lives.

I came up with a mantra for the days ahead: “Everything is being orchestrated perfectly on my behalf.” In the meanwhile, can you keep your fingers crossed for an extra measure of assurance that it all turns out marvelous.