Shoes Dropping

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You know the expression "waiting for the other shoe to drop"? I've had a shoe-dropping kind of day. Everything's been going along quite well as of late. Until today. I received a text from my property manager (I have a house in AZ with a renter in place) informing me that the A/C has gone out.

I will throw in here that I'm notorious for borrowing trouble. I'm already preparing for a worst-case scenario. So...hopefully it will not be such a big deal, but I'm inclined to imagine the worst. To elaborate a little bit about this house...

In 1999, in the midst of going through a divorce, I visited AZ and while there I bought a house. I know. Don't ever tell me I'm not ever spontaneous. Anyway, I lived there for 10 years before coming back - somewhat reluctantly - to Texas. Since then I have had three different renters in place. Between the three of them, they have (1) changed the locks on the doors without consulting me (2) been perpetually late paying their rent (3) used my house as a daycare - also without consulting me (4)...well, you get the general idea. 

I really don't enjoy being a landlord. It's one of the many things for which I'm not well-equipped. As I write this, I'm waiting to hear from my long-suffering property manager as to what we're dealing with. Any and all advice is welcome, FYI. 

 

About the above painting...it's actually an experiment I tried last year in which I took a photo from a movie still to use as a photo reference - just for grins (it was a slow week). So this is actually a photo from the movie "Bugsy". And now you know, if you were interested in the first place. If you weren't...oh, well.

 

Fingers crossed...when the shoe drops, it won't make too much noise.