It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I thought a new post was in order. Over the past few weeks I’ve had a ton of bitchin’ and moanin’ to do, but no time to post — lucky for my reader(s). Maybe if I posted more often, they’d be a bit shorter…
For those of you who are friends on Facebook, sorry to repeat the mold story. For those of you who’d like to be my friend, go to www.facebook.com/davidbenj. Since mid-June, water has been leaking into our business, Salon Supplies + Interiors, located in the Delcroft Shopping Center in Folcroft, PA. At first, it wasn’t that bad. With each rain storm, however, it has grown worse. Since we’ve had about 10.29 inches of rain in August, and there were a couple of bad storms the last week of July, some of the carpet hasn’t been dry in over a month! Over the past two or three weeks, the mold and fungus have really exploded on the walls, floor (both carpet and linoleum,) and ceiling tiles. I’ll be taking some new pics tomorrow, to document the additional damage from the storms on Friday and Saturday. I’ll post them here sometime tomorrow.
Since early or mid-July, I’ve been congested. When I went to the doctor in late July, she asked me if I have any allergies. I told her I was tested about 10 years ago and nothing registered. She had a look in my throat and said it was a little puffy. (She gave me a prescription for Nasonex, but I haven’t started using it yet. More on that in a second.) Over the weeks, my congestion seems to have grown worse. I have trouble hearing out of my right ear (which is really bad, since I can’t see at all out of my right eye…) Could it be from the mold? Is H1N1? Or, does some of it have to do with the new cholesterol drug I was prescribed at the same appointment? My bet is the mold. I will start with the Nasonex tomorrow or Tuesday. I’ve been waiting to use it because I didn’t want to start two new meds at the same time, in case I had a reaction or side effect.
The frustrating thing with the condition of the building is how bad it makes us look. We’ve had to move product from a storage room that gets a bunch of water with every rain. There is now cases of product in our showroom, which looks so bad I can’t stand it. We’ve also had to move product into Eliz’s office, so we now have nowhere in the building to meet with vendor reps. Ken’s desk is also covered with cases of product. He now works from home. If I were a customer looking to open a salon and saw the disarray going on, I don’t know if I’d make a purchase. This problem has taken our focus off operating the business. Up to this point, the property management company has done nothing to help us. I’ll update on the condition of the building tomorrow.
On to some better news: we are dog sitting! Eliz’s sister’s family is in DisneyWorld for a week, so we are watching Misty. She is a two to three year old Golden Retriever. We’ve had her since Friday night, and so far so good. She seems to like Eliz better than any of us. We’ve taken her on walks each night, after dinner. It’s made us miss having Zammy around (he died on 3 August 2004.) He would have been 12 this coming Wednesday.
Lastly, a quick eye update. This coming Friday, it will be 10 months since the partial cornea transplant. My vision has been giving me a bit of trouble over the last few weeks to a month. I don’t know if it is mold/allergies, the new cholesterol med, or a cornea/glaucoma issue. Eliz and the kids go to our local ophthalmologist on Tuesday, so I’ll see if I can get in on that. If not, I go to Wills on 17 September. It seems like there is a large “hole” (blind spot) in the northeast area of my vision (in my “good” eye — the left eye.) At times, when I am looking at someone, it almost seems like I am seeing through part of them. Same thing when I am reading on the computer. It is not constent though. I’ve also noticed that while riding a car at night, I see blue (almost indigo) from other cars lights (both headlights and taillights.) Whatever is wrong, I’m sure it can’t be fixed…