Monday arrives and I receive another email from the landlord. This one telling me that their contractors were “unable” to move the granite and it would need to be removed before they begin work. Astonished, I wanted only to ask for clarification of “unable” and how exactly a crew of construction workers were incapable of pushing something aside.

On Friday, April 9, I was assaulted by a stranger who was parked in my driveway in the Washington Ave. corridor.