[CupcakeDolly]

Uhm, yeah, you should look into getting reimbursed for that dishwasher. If you're renting an apartment, everything that came with it is supposed to be taken care of by the landlord/maintenance. We had issues with our dishwasher, and maintenance fixed it right up for us. Of course the landlord is going to try to squeeze whatever they can out of you, but you don't have to let them step all over you.

As far as the cleaning thing, I'd go with Fey's idea. For my boyfriend, I pile up everything of his that he has laying about on his computer desk and chair so that he's forced to deal with it before he can go back to his favorite activity.