Still Standin'... sorta

Fleeing the mold spore invasion

A quick hello to to all my readers and listeners, especially those who've been asking after me the last few weeks.

The short of it is, I'm OK. The long of it is... I'm not.

After months of illness and fatigue, an air quality analyst came to our apartment yesterday (best $700 I've spent in my life). While testing for mold spores in our kitchen, he became physically nauseous for the first time in his career and was forced to don a respirator to spend more than 2 min in an environment my wife, my cat and I were living 24/7 for months - and I work from home so it is literally 24/7.

I've lost almost 20 lbs. since June, can't think straight, have zero motivation and a short fuse that has created a lot of tension in the home.

The analyst told us to get out immediately and when the provincial rental board heard the analyst's results, they advised me to abandon the residence, send a certain form, attach the analyst's report, stop payment on my rent cheques, leave immediately and retain the services of a lawyer.

Now, thank heavens for Québec's tenant-centric law, since the reason I was advised by the Régie du Logement to retain a lawyer is to sue for intangible losses (pain, suffering, etc.) b/c as of the moment they advised me to abandon the location, the landlord was completely culpable and we will be reimbursed all costs for moving, storage and temporary living arrangements by the Regie and they will then get from the landlord.

Most importantly, we're out of the nightmare and even though we'll be living out of bags in hotel(s) for a week or two or three until we find a new home, our health is already vastly improving - but even though 10% feels ten times better than 1%, it's still a loooong way from 100%.

As long as this rootlessness is going on, there will obviously be zero posting. If you've been wondering why I haven't posted, responded to comments/emails, popped by your blog to leave a comment the past few months, hopefully you understand I haven't suddenly become a leeching dick or something. Hopefully you'll also understand posts may still be on hiatus for a few weeks longer but Soundological will be up and running with some new material at some point in the indeterminate near future.

Shout outs to Arkadin, soulbrotha, hookfinger, Simon and all the rest who've sent emails/posted comments asking after me the last few weeks. Thanks for all of your support and for your patience. I wanted to let y'all know that I haven't abandoned my readers or my blogging brethren & sistren...stay tuned to this space for further developments!