Things That Annoy Me Vol 1: My Unpainted Deck

Right now as I am in the job search process, my daily routine is fairly simple. I usually wake up around 8:00 in the morning, go to the gym, come back and then get to some job searching. I write some emails to networking contacts, apply for any newly posted jobs, and try to research as best I can. On a good day, I will get a phone call to discuss employment opportunities and on a great day I will have an interview. But on most days, I do the above routine which takes me at most into the very early afternoon and allows me the opportunity to enjoy a luxuriously long mid-day coffee. This is the routine: there is really nothing more that I can write about it. I am enjoying the time off, but alas it does not lead to many a exciting blog entry.

So with my said routine, I am forced to turn to other subject matters to entertain my dear reader. While I can wax philosophical at times, I do not feel like doing such on this very day. So I will turn to another matter, something that has gotten under my skin. And while it is my goal to try and let things not bother me as much as they used to while I was in New York, this one thing does very much annoy me; it is the story of my unpainted deck!

Right after I moved into the apartment in this lovely island town of Alameda, I was informed that renovations would be happening around the complex. Ok....this is good. I like the idea of keeping up the appearance of a place that I am spending good money on. So for the first two weeks I prepared as the work crew fix up my building. They put plastic sheets over each of my windows, wrapped up all of my neighbor's deck furniture (as I do not have any furniture at this point, there was no need to wrap up anything on my part) and began to paint the walls of the buildings and each individual deck.

Upon completion, and the removal of the plastic window covering, not only did I once again receive sunlight in my apartment, but I received the joy of having a beautifully painted deck and building. It really did look better than before and I was happy that I was able to appreciate the comparison of the before and after. Well what happened next is what irks me....what inspires this blog posting.

After completing the painting, the maintenance crew went through each of the buildings and marked off all the pieces of wood that were damaged, unsturdy, or just simply needed to be replaced. Unfortunately, my deck was declared a deviant and had to be completely replaced. So one mid-afternoon, perhaps while I was enjoying my luxurious coffee break, my entire deck was torn apart and replaced with newly sturdy but unpainted pieces of wood. This was about two or three weeks ago. Since that time, no one has come back to paint the deck or even acknowledge whether it will be painted.

Now going back to my daily routine, each morning when I go to the gym or just even want to leave the building in the direction behind my apartment, I look up and see a beautifully painted building and seven beautifully painted and finished decks. And then I notice one that comes straight out of the song, "One of these is not like the other things. One of these things does not belong." Yes that would be my unpainted deck and the reason for my annoyance and this blog post today. May it hopefully be painted soon or may I come to learn and love my unpainted deck. That is all. Blog with you later.

-Nice Guy SMA-