More housing woes

Yesterday was a national holiday so everyone had the day off. Chechu and I took out time during the morning hours to clean the apartment and get more things together. Ángeles dropped by with a friend of hers to help clean, which didn't really amount to much in comparison to all the hours that Chechu has put in over the past week to get everything together. On Thursday Chechu went with her to sign the rental contract, so now (as of Monday) the place is technically ours.

Between Chechu and me I'm not sure which one of us regrets renting from Ángeles more. Sure she's a sweet lady, a fine Christian y todo lo que tú quieras, but on the professional level she is completely irresponsible. Renting this apartment has been an uphill battle from day one, because getting her to do what she is required to do as a landlord has literally been like pulling teeth. We expressed to her that we wanted to rent this apartment at the end of August and even now-- a week before the wedding, we still don't have some of the basic necessities- like a kitchen. The washer, which was promised to arrive this morning, has now been put off until Tuesday afternoon. The refrigerator-- which Chechu and Josh had to go get and install this morning, is totally dirty, and surely it will be at least another week before the kitchen is installed.

For as much as this woman talks sweet and nice, it's clearly evident that she doesn't give a damn about either of us or the fact that we're getting married in a week's time and the apartment is still not complete. Both of us feel totally disheartened and deceived.

This morning was supposed to be productive. I have so many errands to run, both personal and for the wedding, and yet I'm sitting here at Charo's writing in this blog. It'll definitely be close to 1 by the time Chechu and Josh get back here, and by then all the stores will be just about ready to close until noon. Chechu has to be at church this evening to play and after that there will be no time to do anything.

I feel totally frustrated right now. God really has to move in this.