Clothes, Couches, Heat, Recycle and 311

This has been quite an eventful week on Macon Street!

With the completion of my closet on Monday it was time to fill the closet with all of the clothes hanging out at my parents house. So Wednesday night after work I took a trip to the E.C. and loaded the car FULL of clothes... I didn't realize I had soo many. Once home I hung them all up and I can say I'm quite proud of my handiness. Project one done. Score!

I had also received a call from Marlo Furniture store Wednesday night letting me know that my new furniture would be arriving between 8:30 am and 11:30 am. I took off the morning from work, and knowing how the contractors have been lately, established that I could sleep in a little bit... I mean after all what are the chances that I would need to be awake before 8:30am?

Well turns out I was dead wrong. At 7:45am I heard lots of truck noises, people talking, etc outside my window. I really just wanted the city to be quiet so that I could enjoy sleeping in a little. After listing to all the commotion for a bit I realized that the knocking that I'm hearing is actually coming from my front door. OMG, the furniture people had been out front for a few moments now! I sprang out of bed and started getting dressed as I was running down the stairs for the door... I didn't want the furniture people to leave! I open the door and the delivery man didn't look too happy to have been waiting for me. Oh well.

They moved the furniture in faster than I could have ever imagined, installed the legs on the sofa and they were gone in a flash. Awesome, now time for work.

Thursday night was a chilly night here. I'd been avoiding any kind of HVAC usage because I have no idea what my BGE bill is going to look like. However you hit that certain point where you're just cold and you know the only way to make it better is to listen to the roar of the forced air and feel the warmth on your toes... and so that's what I did. But I only turned it on for a little bit and then off again before bed. I think turning it off was a bad idea, because when I woke up Friday morning the house was darn cold. Like OMG so cold.

Speaking of Friday, this past Friday was the 4th Friday of the month - recycle day. I had gotten passed over last recycle day (on the 2nd Friday) and my small pile of recycle turned into a mountain of cardboard, newspapers and cans. Being the new guy on the street, I didn't want my neighbors to think that I'm some trashy punk kid ruining the neighborhood. When I came home from work it turns out that I was passed over yet again! ARGH!

Luckily city residents have access to Baltimore City's One Call center, by dialing 311. It's like the one-stop-shop for anything you need in the City. So I placed my call and registered my complaint. She took my name, address, phone number and problem and told me that it would be resolved in 24 hours. They even give you a confirmation number. Now knowing Baltimore City, I was sure that this would happen as quickly as she said. I must admit though, I was quite surprised Saturday morning to see that ALL of the recycle had been taken... score two for Jay!