In 6 days and a wakeup (can you tell we’re anxious), we’ll be on our way out of this God-forsaken city and on the road to a better life. A CSI guy FINALLY showed up unannounced Sunday evening to take fingerprints. Well life can’t stop because of what happened and we have a lot to do in a short period so if there were prints, they’re all smudged now. He DID however find TWO fingerprints. One on my unmentionables drawer and one on the front of the DVD player (didn’t know what they were missing by not stealing that, thank God). I guess then he takes it back to the station and they put it through their database and if anyone has a prior criminal record than it’ll pinpoint them and they will give us a call with a name and continue the investigation. This whole ordeal has just been nerve racking, I’ve been alternating between states of rage and despair and I don’t this is the most healthy way to be heading into the holidays. I can get over the fact that they took material possessions, it’s what was on our computers (pictures, financial and personal information) that really upsets me. I dropped off a completed list of what was missing to the police station yesterday so when they “get around to it” all of the information is there. So I’m trying not to get my hopes up but we were given a glimmer of hope.
We got one of our credit cards reissued by UPS yesterday (that’s fast) but it was an ordeal to track it down since I wasn’t there when they showed up but by 7pm last night we had it in hand and activated. We drove straight to the Apple store and picked up a replacement 12″ Powerbook with superdrive for me along with a pink carrying bag (they stole my old backpack too) and AppleCare (which unfortunately doesn’t protect against theft). We *did* find out that we can call the genuises at Apple and give them our serial numbers so that when the bastards take it in to be serviced (my optical drive is flakey) that they can flag it in their system. More good news!
We finally got our movers nailed down yesterday too. They’re picking our stuff up a day early so the day we leave for Colorado, we can just get in the car and go! We’re making good progress cleaning stuff up, I have another car load to take to Goodwill before we leave (tax deductions!) and deep cleaning to do. We still haven’t found out if our apartment has been rented yet. I’m hoping it does rent so they can’t screw us anymore than they already have. I don’t think we should have to pay when our safety was put in jeopardy but we need something in writing from him – I don’t trust this guy.
My priority today is to schedule utility turnoffs here and schedule them to be turned on in VA. We don’t want another LA situtation where we’re in a non-liveable abode but at least this time we have a welcome place to stay in that event.
My finals were Sunday. I have 2 of my 3 grades in and they’re not too bad considering how distracted I’ve been. I got an A and a B and I’m anxiously awaiting what the $@#!%& is gonna give me in my microeconomics class (he’s been on my case all year) so at least the stress of school is over (for the rest of this year at least).
The Survivor Finale: I have to say this has been one of the worst seasons (I’ve only been watching since Pearl Islands). I really liked Amy (CO girl and a strong player) and Brady (strong player, FBI guy, and voted out for the wrong reasons) but of the final four I really wanted Eliza to win even though I didn’t like her much at first. Of the final two I think Chris deserved it because I couldn’t STAND Twila. There were no Jerry incidents this year so it was a pretty boring reunion show (no proposals either). Can’t wait for the new one to start, it’s gotta be better than this one.
Attention all: Christmas cards went out yesterday!