Stopped by Goodwill today and found the very last piece of furniture I need for my house - a dresser for my room. It was only $13.00 and is a very ugly shade of yellow and white. Perfect! As I was putting it into place and finally taking my suitcase off the floor, I noticed the mold. All along the wall, where a baseboard should be (but isn’t) large specks greenish black mold. It seemed to cover the entire wall so I moved my bed, where I found the worst of it. It continued onto the other wall and stopped halfway before the end. Pretty gross stuff. Luckily none of it got on my bed or clothes.

For the past week, I’ve been suffering from a combination of allergies and sinus infection that I’ve never experienced before. I figured it was just the after effects of the cold and flu I had a couple weeks ago. But I read up on mold on the internet and found that all of my symptoms are most likely a result of being surrounded by mold while I sleep every night. Thankfully the kids never sleep in there.

The best part of all this is that I got to call up my landlord and be like, “Listen here, bitch, I’ve got a problem and YOU have to deal with it!” That’s something I’ve wanted to do ever since I started renting again. Screw home ownership, I have a landlord to do everything for me! They’re supposed to send someone out ASAP to take care of it. I looked outside and noticed that in the very spot where the mold is the worst, there’s a drain spout coming off the roof and pouring water right next to the foundation. There’s nothing there to really take the water away from the house.

So I moved my entire bedroom into the dining room. I can’t wait for all this sinus stuff to go away. I’ve had headaches for over a week now and all kinds of cold symptoms, only without the actual cold. Very annoying.

My streak of bad luck continued this afternoon when my “check engine” light came on. That can’t be good. The engine has been kind of sputtering for the past few days and I’m hoping it’s just the fuel filter or something. Car dealerships usually charge something like $75.00 just to hook up your car to their computer and diagnose the problem. And then hundreds or thousands more to actually fix whatever the problem is. Hopefully I can avoid that. I hate cars. Maybe this would be the perfect time to try life without a car for awhile. I’d sell my car in a second if I didn’t have kids.

Last night the kids and I went to Elmer’s for supper. Then to Home Depot and Fred Meyer. Got a couple of shelves for each of our bathrooms. Did homework, watched Zathura and went to sleep.