Being Screwed..
01/25/2008 06:06 p.m.
Okay okay I know what you're thinking. WHAT?! Probably about covers it right? Well today, the landlord appeared at our place early this morning, around 930, and started fidgeting around by the mailbox...odd, we thought...Anyways, after he left the boys went to town, and when they got back, they decided to check the mail. Low and behold in the mail box next to ours was the envelope and letter we gave John (the landlord) the very same envelope that held the rent money, that he claimed he never had nor saw. So today, he came over asking for money and we confronted him. After all, we saw him there, and we checked the mail yesterday. Guess what he told us. "I have no idea what you're talking about, and I know nothing about it" Well guess what, we've paid him already, and I know now that he DOES in fact have that money PLUS another $250 we gave him because he had "no idea what to tell us" about the rent getting "lost"...well, we found a 2 br townhome, and a 3bedroom apartment for $375 a month, which is MUCH less than we pay here even!! Some of the utilities are paid, they take pet deposit out of the regular deposit, and the lady seems REALLY nice. Right now we're working on it. Andrew is currently on the phone filing unemployment, and we were down at DHS yesterday taking care of some shit too. So, hopefully everything starts to look up again. I'll be happy to live in town, where theres central heat. Right now I literally am being heated by ONE wall heater. The apartment is only 63* at most times, and our electric bill was $175.00 because we have to run small heaters all the time. Anyways we were hoping this would work, we wanted to fix it up and have this crazy awesome place, but being totally screwed out of $600+ in less than a month by someone is unacceptable, especially because the REASON he came over today was to get the rent, which is $450. I mean, it's not even DUE til the 1st, and he was over here pestering us about it. Fuck it. We're going to try to get this place as quickly as possible, shut everything off, and haul ass in one night then just be done with it. We're going to let him know that we've moved after all is said and done. When we took this place he agreed to fix all the things that were wrong with it, and we've not once seen anything get fixed. Andrew fixed the kitchen light himself, our bedroom light still doesn't turn off, the gas vent is messed up, and there are holes in the walls, and even our air conditioner is STILL IN because he cut the wall out to put it in there, it apparently doesnt move. So, Andrew and Andrew decided that we should just find somewhere new to live. They agreed to do halfs while Andrew & I job search. Hopefully this unemployment thing goes through. I don't know. But the woman is going to call us back about this 3 bedroom apartment, and I need to get dressed and ready. I believe there's a reason we weren't meant to be here. I have trouble believing that such a nice guy would fuck us up the ass just because he's short on cash, but I guess that's why they say money is the root of all evil. Keep us in your prayers, and wish us luck, cross your fingers, and toes, and wish on 11:11...do whatever you have to do. I'm sticking this one out. I'm not running away, and I'm about to face my problems head on. I don't particularly WANT to because running is easy, but the things in life worth sticking around for, are generally the tough ones.

Peace, Love, And Prayers
Sarah Elaine
I am currently Calm