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Finishing law school, and the showing from hell

Downtown Minneapolis

I might have been on four hours of sleep and chugging coffee, but I finished my coursework for the semester.

Law school is DONE. Hallelu!

I leave the tax law clinic and walk the dogs. The dogs and I into Mel on the walk. She is high again and has trouble with her apartment building door. She grunts and kicks the door before seeing me.

Mel: “You didn’t see that.”
Me: “Of course not.”
Mel : “I tripped. Stubbed my toe.”
Me: “I’m sure.”
Mel: “Can I pet your dogs?”
Me: “Uh sure.”
Mel : “They don’t bite do they? Cus if they do then I’m gonna sue you!”
Me: “Heh. Then no. Bad idea. Bye.”
Mel: “WHAT? Then why the FUCK do you have them around people? If they gon’ bite?!”
Me (walking off): “I didn’t say that they bite. But let’s not take any chances.”
Mel : “Fuck you! You have some nerve you know that?”

I keep walking down the street and she follows.

Mel: “LOOK AT ME! I’m sorry. Fuck.”
Me: “That’s okay. We’ll be on our way, mam.”

Mel keeps cursing at me. I then receive a phone call from prospective tenants who want to see an open apartment.  I meet them at the building and realize that I don’t have my keys.

We walk around to the back of the building and I see that someone tried to break into the building lockbox last night. It was is so badly damaged that it will not open.
I am horrified. I am standing in front of the building, holding two peeing dogs in front of two prospective tenants that think I’m a moron.
I eventually get a neighbor to let me into the building and we walk upstairs to the apartment.

The apartment is vacant but contractors are still doing repairs. The contractors that work for my landlord are notoriously messy, so I had the pleasure of trying to explain why there is a smashed light bulb in the middle of the apartment’s dining room.

I am embarrassed, but slightly too exhausted to care.

My keys were in the laundry room door. Sigh. I need to go to bed.

My first post-law school night consisted of laundry, taco bell, and Celebrity Apprentice. This is the life.

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