And anyway, I predict the next meteor to hit will be a monster

[sovay]

I walked down this afternoon to the City of Somerville's Department of Public Works. It is usefully about fifteen minutes from our apartment. I spoke with a health inspector; after hearing the entire story, he sent me upstairs to get a letter from the building inspector who came yesterday, whose recommendation our landlord is disregarding. He was in court, but the woman who was in the office listened to me and said that she would see to it that the city will send our landlord a letter instructing him to make the repairs as agreed or face bureaucracy. On paper. Not by handshake. Of which we will be sent a copy at the same time, for our own records.

(And then I went to Kelly's to get a Reuben for lunch, because I was finally present enough for my brain to agree with my body that it was starving and I hadn't been able to order one on Monday.)

I will wait on the letter, and I will wait on our landlord's response. But this feels much, much better than waiting for nothing, including phone calls.

Comments

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you were able to do this.

I wish you much luck with all of it.

[readingthedark.livejournal.com]

I hope things resolve well, however it all goes down.

[weirdquark]

I hope you get both the letter and a positive response from the landlord promptly.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Helpful DPW guys, yay!

And triple yay Reuben sandwiches. (I saw a menu recently with a "Rachel" being smoked turkey. I am not sure what a proper name for that variant would be.)

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Well done! May there be immediate paperwork!

Nine

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I wish you good bureaucracy.

[gwynnega]

Excellent news.

And yay Reuben sandwich!

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

Ah, I hope this good news pans out and that you end up with a comfortable home.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Fingers massively crossed, though mainly metaphorically, because it's hard to type that way.;)

[beowabbit]

Good luck!

[sovay]

I wish you much luck with all of it.

Thank you.

[sovay]

I hope things resolve well, however it all goes down.

Thank you. It is my slight worry that our landlord will manage to confuse the issue by making half-assed repairs, but if the city sticks to its word and insists on new windows rather than just caulk, nails, and smarm, then I think we have a chance. And if not, we can be difficult.

[sovay]

I hope you get both the letter and a positive response from the landlord promptly.

Thank you. It strikes me I don't know what time the mail is delivered on this street, so I'll keep an eye out!

[sovay]

Helpful DPW guys, yay!

I was very glad of them. Guy Selfridge and Donna Pickett in Health. The woman upstairs in Building sounded like Eileen when she introduced herself, but I need to tag a last name to that. I will want to write them thank-you letters if this actually works out.

(I saw a menu recently with a "Rachel" being smoked turkey. I am not sure what a proper name for that variant would be.)

derspatchel and I were just discussing this! (I thought a Rachel was a Reuben with pastrami instead, so maybe it's the generic term for any alternate cold cuts in this sandwich.) He informed me the inventor's privilege of naming was mine. I suggested Æthelred. I think he was unconvinced.

[sovay]

May there be immediate paperwork!

Thank you. We are hoping.

[sovay]

I wish you good bureaucracy.

Thank you. From you to Mercury's ears.

[sovay]

And yay Reuben sandwich!

It was very satisfying!

We are hoping.

[sovay]

Ah, I hope this good news pans out and that you end up with a comfortable home.

Thank you. If not, I'm already talking with realtors again.

[sovay]

Fingers massively crossed, though mainly metaphorically, because it's hard to type that way.

Hah. Thank you. We'll take it anyway!

[sovay]

Good luck!

Thanks!

(And thank you for your e-mail. We both have the information now.)

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Hooray for paperwork! My but it feels odd to say so.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Round here (as in western CT), for what it's worth, a Reuben with pastrami is called a "pastrami Reuben," and seems at times to be more readily found than the corned beef variety. I think I've seen a Rachel billed as turkey with coleslaw, maybe? The terminology seems loose enough that I'm sure you could use it as a generic for "Reuben with alternate cold cuts" if you'd like to.

He informed me the inventor's privilege of naming was mine. I suggested Æthelred.

I'd vote for this. Some sandwich, somewhere in the world, in the world should definitely be called an Æthelred.

And then there could be a variant of the Æthelred, using slightly burnt cakes in place of bread, called the Ælfred. Perfect!