It took multiple phone calls, picture taking, and an in-person visit to city hall but finally, the stinking junk is removed for the most part. As it rained this week, the boxes got moldier, broken-er, and smellier. Other people started dumping their garbage too. Why not? It looked like a dump!
I took Friday off and spent a good deal of time in the morning at city hall talking to the person responsible for code violations. Later in the day, when just enough had been taken that the loose garbage was blowing over to our property, I made another phone call to the property manager. She promised me that their maintenance would be over to complete the clean up. I used words like "unacceptable", "enough is enough", "stinking" and "unsanitary".
Finally, it is acceptable. It doesn't stink and while I wouldn't call it sanitary (there is still a broken jar of okra on the porch), it is no longer a dump site.
I got up at 3:30 a.m. today to take Dee to catch the MoEx (airport shuttle) from Columbia to St. Louis. She is in Washington state for two weeks of service. She says that the barracks are like WWII open bay barracks but that it seems okay. It's cold there and she'll have to get some sweat pants. There is some basic sushi at the base food place so she is happy with that. She plans to run 4 miles a day if possible. Meanwhile, I'll be exercising and dieting here. I'll be detailing it on my other blog for sure.
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