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Post by Rennie Ellen on Jan 20, 2010 14:27:13 GMT -5
I called the Housing Security office this morning and talked to the inspector. She would have come on the 15th (and she had planned to come today, actually!  ) but her co-worker is ill and someone has to stay in the office. So she will come either tomorrow or Friday.
I'm not panicking -- much. The living room still needs some work. The bedroom and kitchen are perfect! The bathroom needs a bit of tidying but nothing major. But if she had come today, I would have passed. It's nice to know I can work on these hot spots knowing the rest of my home could pass inspection. 
Please keep your fingers crossed for me! 
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Post by breakingfree on Jan 20, 2010 16:17:59 GMT -5
My fingers are crossed for you!!
Hugs,
BF
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Post by mafixit on Jan 20, 2010 16:31:08 GMT -5
keeping my fingers crossed for you!  |
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Post by Chris on Jan 20, 2010 16:48:08 GMT -5
Good luck on your inspection -- I imagine your apartment is in much better shape now. I'll keep my fingers crossed anyway.  |
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Post by messymimi on Jan 20, 2010 20:10:34 GMT -5
Dear Rennie,
You are in the home stretch! You will pass.
You are in my prayers.
messymimi
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Post by Celeste on Jan 21, 2010 20:07:38 GMT -5
 Meanwhile, the housing inspector is wondering "Why is that woman begging me to inspect her house?" You are doing great, Rennie. I have every confidence in the world that you'll pass with flying colors. |
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Post by Rennie Ellen on Jan 21, 2010 22:46:52 GMT -5
UPDATE:
The inspection is tomorrow. Today I prepared for tonight's service (Bible study and leading the singing), maintained the kitchen and worked on the living room a little.
Although right now I want to stay up and work on the living room some more, I'm totally exhausted. I have cardiac rehab at 8 AM tomorrow morning. I usually get home around 9:30-10. I have a few moments for coffee before my aide arrives at 10:15. Then we're going to go into high gear and get stuff done for the 2 hours and 15 minutes she's here. I have no idea when the inspector is coming, but I want her to find me cleaning!    
The kitchen is perfect. The bedroom just has one box I need to sort through but it's out of the way, so it's presentable, if not perfect. The bathroom is also not perfect, but presentable. My raised toilet seat needs to be wiped up, but everything else looks good. It all looks a LOT better than it did when the inspector first came in November. I hope she appreciates all the hard work my aide and I have done to get it to where it is now. And it can only get better from here on out!
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Post by Buried-in-books on Jan 22, 2010 7:20:12 GMT -5
WONDERFUL way to end the week and have a good resolution! How can they not see all the effort you and your aide has done?  MizS |
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Post by Rennie Ellen on Jan 22, 2010 9:54:56 GMT -5
Mizseeker,
It's easy for people who aren't disabled to take for granted things they can so easily do. I'm still in awe at how my home looks now. It would have taken me weeks and months if I had done it alone. I'm SO glad I pressed on with getting an aide, even after getting denied the first time. It was SO worth it.
The inspector has seen my bedroom when it was the "BEDROOM OF DOOM!"....now she will see its transformation.
When I called the inspector on Wednesday, the first thing she did was ask how I was feeling. So I'm positive she might have an idea of my physical struggle, which was why she gave me more time.
Part of me wants to get the"Excellent" rating, which is higher than the "Average" rating. We've worked very hard on my apartment. Both ratings are passing. I've gotten only ONE "Excellent" in the 12 years I've lived in public housing. I'm not worried about IF I'll pass. For the first time in years, I'm not worried about passing. But it would be nice to get "Excellent" -- just for bragging rights.
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Post by Butterfly on Jan 22, 2010 15:46:03 GMT -5
...It's easy for people who aren't disabled to take for granted things they can so easily do... This is true. I am very, very glad for you but I am also a bit envious. My monthly disability is just a small amount too high to qualify for extra help like this. It is frustrating to want to clean, to want to get rid of the trash and the clutter and just not have the ability/capacity to do much each day. Things are improving so very slowly... Edited to add: I'm having an operation in the next 6-8 weeks that will help me tremendously but I really want to get the house clean before then so that I have a good place to recuperate and, even more importantly, so that my feline babies have a great living environment. I know that it will get done. In fact, things are already much better than they were a month ago. I just get depressed and feel guilty about how long it takes me to do something that an able-bodied person could do in an hour or two. I'm really sorry if my post is too whiny. |
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Post by Looking_Forward on Jan 22, 2010 16:52:49 GMT -5
gigi, I don't see your post as whiny as much as realistic.
I don't have a disability, as far as the government is concerned, but I do have times where I function below 100%, have the option of going into "alternative schedule" mode at work etc.
How much gets done when I'm having a "bad day" even if I'm working hard is piddly compared to a day I'm feeling good. Fortunately right now I'm in a feeling good mode and able to catch up on the spreading mess from when I wasn't feeling good. My subconscious goal is to get to maintenance mode before I'm in a bad stretch again. If things were organized I think I could maintain, but there is absolutely no progress during that time.
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Post by Butterfly on Jan 22, 2010 21:29:01 GMT -5
Thank you Looking_Forward!
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