Ok, it’s Monday and our place is organized, just needed cleaning. A cleaning woman (Susan) who has worked for JD’s family for several years came to clean. The momma told me that Susan has a dog and 2 cats and loves animals! La madre gave the momma a really great idea. Put me in daycare (yay!) and board the cats for the day. Also, put the litter box and all cat toys in the garage at her house. So now there are no signs of cats! Ken showed up at 11 am with the terminix man. The momma told him that he was supposed to come at 4pm. Ken said that terminix needed to inspect my place for bugs and mice. The momma told him that there were no bugs and definitely no mice in our place but they should check next door since there is a strong odor over there. Ken then asked if he could come back at 3 instead of 4pm so that maintenence would have time to patch up any holes and fix my toilet. The momma told him that would be ok. So, Ken showed up at 3:30 and the place is spotless! Ken looked around for while the maintenence guy (Sam) is fixed the toilet. JD also showed up around 4 to give the momma some support. As Ken was leaving:

Ken: Well, I’m going to head back. I appreciate you getting the place cleaned up.

JD: Ken, I came over last week with a few other people and none of us smelled anything.

Ken: Well there was a strong animal odor in here that I smelled last week. And maintenence was with me and they smelled it too.

The momma: There’s no way an odor strong enough to cause Keith’s place to smell bad could have come out of my place.

Ken: Well, there certainly was a strong animal smell here.

The momma: Look! I’m a veterinarian AND a scientist! I think I would know if a strong animal odor existed here! There was no way my place is the cause of the odor next door!

Ken: Well, I’m not going to argue with you. Sam, are you almost finished?

Sam: Yes, I just need to get the new CO detector put in.

Ken: Ok, I’ll head back and let you finish up here.

Then Ken left.

JD: Sam, were you here last week? [to the momma] Sam is one of the good guys. He is honest and very trustworthy.

Sam: I smelled a slight musty odor, but it wasn’t as strong as next door. To be honest with you, it’s not that uncommon of a problem.

JD and Sam left a few minutes later. The momma wanted to wait until 6 before picking all of us up at daycare.

5pm, the momma’s phone rang. It was JD.

JD: You are going to love what just happened!

The momma: what?

JD: I ran into Ken after I left your place. He asked me if you still had 3 animals. I told him that they were staying at a friends until you could work out some sort of arrangement. But, I also told him that your copy of the by-laws didn’t mention a limit of 2 pets and if the new situation didn’t work out we would take it before the board to get a special waiver to keep all of the pets. He said, really? it’s not in her copy of the by-laws? Hmmmm. I guess as long as they don’t cause any problems we can always look the other way.

YES!!!!!!!!!!

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JD and the momma were working late this evening when the carbon monoxide alarm goes off. The momma called the front desk to let them know and they said they would send out security?!? The old fart security guard comes in, looks at the CO detector, looks at the furnace, then says

I don’t see anything, but we’ll call the fire department to be on the safe side since carbon monoxide is known as the silent killer.

(well, duh!). Thirty minutes later the valet comes to our door with a battery. he wanted to make sure it wasn’t a low battery causing it to go off. (it’s a plug in detector). So he looks at the CO detector anyway, then at the furnace.”I don’t see anything so I’ll call the fire department” I bring this up to demonstrate what sort of idiots control the momma’s life! Anyway, the fire department came and said that the CO levels were zero. They said that after a while the sensor in the detector gets worn out and that it should be replaced.

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JD and the momma have been working like crazy to get our place straightened up! The momma had to take a few days off of work, but her boss understood. It looks as if we’re barely going to make it by Monday. JD recommended her cleaning lady and she will be able to work here on Monday. JD called Ken today but he wasn’t in. She left a message for him to meet us down here at 4pm on Monday. I don’t think JD likes me very much. Every time I try to get to know her she gets upset and the momma puts me in my crate.

“Midwest Life-Stages 36-by-24-by-27-Inch Folding Double-Door Metal Dog Crate” (Midwest)

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Today the momma got a letter from Ken (cc to Keith, my neighbor who has been out of town) stating that per their discussion, the foul odor in Keith’s place stems from our place! It also tells her to clean up the place by Monday, the 30th. The nerve! What a deck!

The End!

So, JD came over earlier and she’s really cool! She was very helpful and has a lot of stories about how Ken intimidates the women around the Albany. She, along with several other people who came over, including la madre (Lucy’s mom, who has a sharp sense of smell), didn’t smell any sort of foul odor.

The End!