is this a sign?

I am at the apartment.

List: Things That Have Gone Wrong But Weren't Supposed To

1. The apartment being that disgusting. Clutter is one thing, the power being cut and the fridge going to hell is another. The smell is still there. I scrubbed for several hours earlier today with bleach and hot water, and put in a layer of baking soda.

2. Not getting the job. Yesterday alone I applied to 15 jobs.

3. I was unpacking and doing some laundry. The washer went through the cycle and...kept filling water. And kept filling, and filling, and filling. And I didn't really notice, I was in the bedroom figuring out closet space. When I came back out, I noticed something near the washer moving and I thought it was a bug or something. I took a step forward and my foot squished. It was a floating ball of dust.

I proceeded to panic. I knocked on the door across the hall but no one answered. I tried to turn the damn thing off but it wouldn't stop filling water. I unplugged it and it still kept filling. Finally I figured out how to turn off the water completely. I drove to the office and let them know, and she called the maintenance guy. He was in the next town over, about 10 minutes. He doesn't show up for another hour and a half.

G happens to have a huge bag full of sheets. I don't know why, but there were about 10 sets of sheets and pillow cases so I unfolded them all and tried to soak up as much of the water as I could. About a quarter of the carpet got wet. This guy comes in, surveys for about 10 minutes and tells me to get rid of all the sheets because he's going to use the wet-vac it right now.

It's been about 30 minutes now and he's not back.

This is not a good start. I'm doing my best not to get discouraged but it's hard. I don't have food in the fridge (I ordered a pizza), and now I don't have any carpet to walk on.

This is all because I found BEAUTIFUL sheets in that bag and so I threw them in the washer and wanted to use my new, yummy-smelling fabric softener on them. Gorgeous sheets. They were clean, they didn't need washing but I did it anyway. *sigh*

But since he's here I'm going to have him do something about the fridge.

He's still not back.