i have eight items left to ship on that huge order.

i was hoping to ship at least two before i had to stop for the court process, which is on thursday morning. in order to do that, i'd have to at least get done 48 and 56.

i'm just about to close 48. i'm not going to be able to look at 56 at all.

the date is on thursday. of course i'm stressed out about it, but all logic suggests that i have a very strong case in front of me.

i don't know how long it's going to take for me to prepare. i don't plan on taking any video, but i'm going to have to print some pictures of things like dead cockroaches. looking at what's between 48 and 56, 55 is the only substantial hurdle. the important thing is that i get the numbers right...

i might be able to ship this week, still.

if not, i'll still have until the 31st here - and probably until dec 1st, worst case.

again: i can't imagine a judge ruling against me, given the circumstances. if i was the judge in this case, i'd demand extreme documentation. as far as i can tell, they haven't submitted an affidavit, and i might even be lucky enough to get to cross-examine it in real-time if they leave it to a verbal statement on the day of. but, let's suppose the reason they give is medical. given the circumstances, if i were the judge i'd demand a doctor's certificate to back up the statement. this is a landlord that has already attempted to evict me three times without cause - it is an extraordinary claim for them to claim their parents need the unit, all of a sudden, so they need extraordinary proof.

i'm dealing with a paralegal, here. but, i think they've already fucked the situation up so badly that the case is virtually impossible. if they claim it's medical, for example...how? this place is not near a hospital, it has insects and the air quality is terrible. how do you get a medical claim out of that?

the place should probably be declared uninhabitable, and i'll take a scorched earth policy if i need to...

...but i'm kind of relying on the ability of the judge to smell bullshit. and, it stinks. badly.

further, if i get the expected judicial response, it opens them up to damages. even if i lose, and they list the unit, as of course they will, they're still opening themselves up to months of damages. i'm going to have to reiterate to them, as i already have, that they're better off walking away from the trial. virtually any other choice is going to cost them a small fortune. and, if i end up evicted for chasing cats off the property, you can be certain that i'll make them pay dearly for it.

i'm going to close 48 and get something to eat. then, i'm on pause until further notice. i apologize to the guy that bought this stuff, but this is a really dire scenario - i don't have another option, and could very well end up living in a storage bin for months.