When I got home today, the people had been here again. They put the doors back up on my closet and rehung the shade for the hall light and the carbon monoxide detector and stuff.

They looked at the dryer, but just left a note saying “clean the lint trap after each use”. Well DUH. OK, I do clean it BEFORE each use, and I forgot to clean it before they came, although I did remember to empty the dryer. But I *do* do that. Every time. The problem is the lint trap isn’t catching everything and a lot of lint is getting through that and into the rest of the works. And the stupid thing does get warm, just not warm enough. I have to run it full length (2 hours) two times to get a load dry. Three times if there are any towels or sheets or blankets in there.

But you know, screw it. I’m in this apartment for LESS THAN FOUR MORE WEEKS. And this dryer has had these issues almost the whole time I’ve been here. So I’m not going to call and bitch and tell them to look more deeply. I’m going to ignore it, and the next person who lives here can deal with it.

But at least the closet doors are back on.

If Greenspan cuts rates and mortgage rates drop again before my closing on August 11th now that I’ve locked in, I’ll be quite pissed at myself, and Ivan can say “I told you so”.

Greenspan Says Fed Could Cut Rates Again (AP on Yahoo News)

The Federal Reserve stands ready to reduce interest rates even further if necessary to boost the sluggish economy and guard against a destabilizing fall in prices, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Tuesday.

Although, the next Fed meeting, which is when these things usually happen, will be August 12th, which is the day after my closing. So it probably won’t affect me. :-)

I coulda been in at 13 today. Alarm rang at 11. Was concious by 11:50. Out of bed by 12:10. But I took my time again. Put away laundry. Tidyed up in case the maintenence people come again to fix the closet. Watched an episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. See, I knew my first meeting wasn’t until 14. But it means another $4 gone. Oh well. Time to get ready for that meeting.