*sigh*

Windows leaking again tonight, which means I can basically kiss a good night’s sleep goodbye.

The dripping sound, even though I know there’s not a goddamn thing I can do about it puts my stomach in knots, and keeps me miserable and at least marginally awake all night. This problem’s been present in the house since the beginning of the downstairs remodel, but sadly, went unnoticed until things started to get close to finished, when it became a tremendous pain in the ass to fix anything. It also came at a point when the original contractor and I had a falling out, because his work was incompetant bullshit, and he was overcharging me for substandard work. I cut him acres of slack, and he fucked me. [name removed] still owes me $700, and the fact that the windows are leaking is his fault. I wonder, sometimes, if I could sue him for damages – the $4K I’ve spent trying to get this problem fixed since, and the misery that it’s caused me every goddamned rainy night over the last year and a half. I know I probably can’t, because I did a really craptastic job documenting the work he did, and when and how he got paid for what. Still, I’d just like to see that fucker out of a job.

*sigh*

Not that it’ll fix anything. Two separate groups of people since have looked at the problem, and nominally, they’ve “guaranteed” their work, so it should end up ok, in theory, but I genuinely doubt either of them will go the distance. I suppose I’ll find out tomorrow, when Rod, the last guy to look at it, shows up. I’d been unable to get in touch with Jose, the other guy, but strangely, he showed up at my place the other day, and gave me his new phone number. So I’ll call him tomorrow, too, and see if that’ll sort things out somewhat.

Just fucking sucks. 2am, on a Wednesday morning, and I’m really tired, but totally unable to get to sleep.