I knew Monday that this was going to be a bad week. It was. Keep in mind this is in the context of a transitional house for the homeless, and that I live here with them as the day/night manager and cannot escape.

Bed bugs returned to one of my clients rooms. Last week we had them "taken care of" and then we found 3 more. When you find just one of them, it's all over. Launder everything in high heat water and dryer. Let furniture bake in the sun. Wrap box springs and mattresses in plastic, or get rid of them altogether. Since we had found them a second time, it was time to rip out the carpet and have it replaced.

My CEO does not like spending any money. So she had her meth head son do it. This is the result:

Yes, that's 3 inches of uncovered glue. A built in bug trap, I guess. We don't have the money to get it fixed or replace the base board (apparently), so along with that and a perpetually sticky floor from gaps between the seams elsewhere... job well done!

Then a bunch of alcohol issues. Was about to take a client to put in an application for an apartment (the fifth one I've found for him) before his Section 8 voucher expires, come to find out... he went and bought a small bottle of vodka an hour prior and was drinking. Some other issues.

Now there's a massive water leak coming through the ceiling of one of the bathrooms, which started last night at 9pm. It should be fixed in about 6 hours, but no hot water until then, which means a lot of people bitching to me about how much this place sucks. I don't disagree.

The CEO of my current non-profit told my friend and I that "[she's] going to shit all over our idea", our idea being the non-profit we're forming ourselves. She's done very petty things like send porn stars to our dentists office this week telling them that we're doing free dental care, and is trying to cockblock us with the American Legion and with the VA. Luckily she's burned a lot of bridges, and it's not working well. To that end, we have several fundraisers scheduled now and I'm building our website.

And that was my week, in a nut shell. Feels good to get it out. /blog