sort of squeeing

Go ahead and tell me how gullible I am, but once again, I believe it. Mostly. Well, I'm hoping, but I've learned that things don't always go as planned.

I heard a knock on my door half an hour ago, and even though I had no way of knowing, I thought, That's Dave as I walked to the door. Sure enough, it was Dave the Landlord. He and his wife and his bro-in-law have been embroiled in a legal mess -- Dave and Wife (can't remember her name) have split up their partnership with BIL -- for eight months. They thought it wouldn't take much time to divvy everything up properly, but it's taken a little longer than they anticipated.

Finally, all the legal mess is done, and Dave has informed me that he's going to line up the plumber, plasterer, painter, and carpet company. If all goes as he says, improvements will start in three weeks and be done by the end of September. If all goes as it usually does, it'll be more like Thanksgiving by the time everything's finished, but I'm a laid-back person. It'd be nice to be able to have friends -- or even just family -- over this Christmas, but I'm not counting on it.

If it goes through, I shall be utterly delighted. If it falls through again, the next time Dave raises my rent, I shall include photos of the hole in my bathroom ceiling and say *points to icon*.

I'm asking the family for one of my birthday/Christmas presents ahead of time: paint. The theme of my Christmas/birthday wish list is Pimp Mah Flat.

*hic*

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halp!

caeria has asked me an LJ question that I don't know the answer to. She posted a fic heading and author notes in this entry at her journal and put the chapter itself behind a cut. The cut works fine, but while the fic details are showing up, the author notes aren't visible unless you highlight them. Black text on a black background. I don't know a whole lot about this kind of thing; if you've got a few minutes and you know a thing or two about LJ formatting and such, would you be so kind as to take a look here and here and help her out?

Thanks!

Art is coming along very well. Spent an hour on it tonight. I'm going off to bed in a few, and it's still not finished, but it's progressing nicely. (Squee.)