Moving On?? (a.k.a dealing with anger)

We are moving this weekend - Eeeek! New York City moving can be VERY stressful - ask ANYONE who lives here. Here are some mishaps:

1) we are moving in 2 ft of snow!!

2) our current landlord has demanded that we move out a day earlier so her new tenant can move in (I cant even go into that - it makes my body tense)

3) apt we are moving into, when the husband went to view it today, the day before moving, it had

no stove or kitchen cabinets, a window missing (did I mention we are in the middle of a snowstorm??), the ceiling had not been painted and looked like it had been rotting, and the floors were not done.

4) the heater, which we had been told was noiseless, is actually noisy when turned on. This one almost put me over the edge, as I enjoy my peace and quiet!!!

HOW and WHY do NYC landlords get away with this crap??

So we are moving in anyway, because we have to, but have been promised everything would be done by 3/1. I have low expectations for this. But I think about what my favorite yoga teacher has been preaching about for months lately: dealing with anger. I am really doing my best to use this as an exercise. Here are my peaceful answers for each point:

1) the snow is the least of our worries. and its pretty.

2) I will leave this place spotless, so that the new tenant moves into a clean apt, a day early. Trust me, I've thought of all the mean things I could do to make her life difficult.....but I am really working on turning my "arrows into roses." Although the thought of taking a crap in the toilet and leaving it for her did cross my mind..... :)

3) we have been promised everything will be ready for us by 3/1, which is 1 week later than we were told. So I can only wait to see what happens with that --

4) I can turn the heat off when it gets warm so I dont have to listen to the noise. I can also use space heaters instead.

I feel a little better already. Its not good for the health to get angry. You lose, not the person you are angry with. Getting angry is easy. Forgiving is courageous.

And anyway, I have great news for this week! I connected with a couple of casting directors I really like, met a new one, I am on hold a print job, I was asked to do a reading at The Actor's Studio, a feature I had the lead in is screening at a very respectable theater with a very famous actor that I admire hosting AND a really good manager from the west coast called me up.....the funny thing is, I've spent very little time focused on my acting career -- go figure!