The girls next door.

We have two sisters we rent to in unit A. They have been gone since Sunday and have left their large dog in the apartment by himself. Last night, my sister-in-law got a frantic phone call (she lives in the other rental) to let the dog out and give him food and water. The dog had pooed and peed all over the floor and tracked it everywhere in the apartment. Mind you, this is a large dog, the kind that you have to trim the hair from his eyes so he can see like a big sheep dog so his paws are like 3 inches across. Maria and I wrote an official notice that the dog must go if they want to continue to live there. The lease states no pets. They were supposed to come back last night but didn't. I hope the dog hasn't trashed the place too badly. It's mostly tile so it should clean up ok but the carpet had tracks on it too. It's all just so wrong.

My gut reaction is to just give them their notice for there are several things that bother me. I hope I'm handling this the best way I can. I don't like kicking people out and they are nice people. It's just they have a big dog which they didn't have when they moved in, they smoke occasionally which they didn't do when they moved in, they have a hard time backing up the driveway, and they have guests who park in the driveway. Some of these things were laid out when they moved in (smoking, pets) but the others weren't so I am to blame for those. I need to make a list of things the can get you in trouble around here.

The list:
1. No Pets
2. No Smoking
3. No Guest parking in driveway
4. No Trash in greenwast bin
5. No Loud late night parties
6. All tenants must be able to navigate the narrow driveway in reverse.

Just goes to show

This morning I was walking to the post box and noticed two birds, one big one and one small one. The big one was eating and the small one definitely wanted some too. My first thought was to somehow scare the big one to let the small one eat. I ended up just walking by. On my way back I saw the same two birds only this time they were right next to each other. It turns out the big one was actually putting the food into the mouth of the small one. It was a parent/child relationship.

It just goes to show, sometimes even the best intentions are just wrong and it always makes sense to just wait and see what is going on before you jump in and do something drastic.

Cal Poly CRP 457

Well, I was offered to teach the CRP 457 course in the Fall. I would enjoy teaching again very much there is just one problem... I'm not in the teachers pool this year. During all the things going on in my life over the last year I forgot to send in my letter. This means that Linda Day who offered it to me has to search the list and make sure there is nobody on it that can teach it. If there is, she has to offer it to them first. If there isn't anyone or they refuse to accept then it's mine. I hope there isn't anyone on there who wants it.

Update 2/3/06: Turns out that there was someone on there who wanted it. I probably won't be offered the position again unless that person drops out or screws up.

Career change?

Maria and I have recently been discussing getting into real estate. She was looking into getting her appraisal license and I would get a realtor license. We would work as a team. We have been talking about this for a week or so.

Just today, I met with Bob Grayson (a realtor friend of ours) so he could show us a couple potential homes. Guess what he brought up? He would like to set up a meeting where all of us including a couple of our friends, Dustin and Vanessa, get together and discuss creating a real estate firm! I actually got tingles up my spine. I am really looking forward to meeting with him.