Long time no post.... rough week(s). I have a new job- I took the job at the Subaru dealership. I'm working in the parts room, shipping out all the stuff that people buy over the website (Subaruwrxparts.com). I still maintain/update that site, and am working on yet another one- this web design thing is a good racket. My roommate decided she's moving out- lease or no lease, she's going to leave... all her stuff is packed up, and she even tried taking some of mine. I have little notes on things that need to stay, due to them not belonging to her. This all really pisses me off. I moved here in the first place to help her get a new start and to help her find a new job. She had been on unemployment for countless months, then that ran out. She got her new job, then found a better one, this time in her field (Graphic Design); I've always found it much easier to find a job when you have one. At any rate, with a scant 3 months to go, she's decided to throw legally binding contracts to the wind and move closer to her new job, righteouslly screwing me over in the process. I can't afford to keep this place on my own, can't afford to be evicted for not paying in full for the place, and can't afford to have my credit ruined for being evicted. She doesn't care if that happens, because she has someplace to go- I don't. Ugh. To make matters even more fun, things like breaking your lease make it a whole lot harder to rent/lease someplace else- it makes you a risk. Again, she doesn't care, as she has someplace to go. I talked to the Property Manager to try to understand the scope of how much this is going to screw me over, and I came away a bit comforted but still incensed- I didn't talk to her when she came home, as I probably would have ended up slugging her. I'm not a violent person, but when someone's irresponsibility and selfishness ruins things you work hard to build, you get upset. So, I can scramble and find a place to live, break the lease, and then have to deal with paying rent here until they fill the vacany, plus associated fees for early lease termination and their legwork (commission) to fill the vacany. Fabolous- eat me. I have to pay al kinds of fees (doubt I'll get the money out of her) for her forcing me to have to move out, thereby utterly breaking the lease with both our names on it. I can stay here, not break the lease, and go utterly broke trying to pay the rent- nobody wants to move over this way, as it's too far from work/family/friends, so I'm not going to get a new roommate until March. Suck it, Trebek. Lastly, I can this out like she's going to do, and just not pay rent. Her friend "who is a lawyer" says they won't sue us for 2 or 3 months rent. The Property Manager said she's right- they'll just send it to a collections agency. So, if she doesn't pay, they come after both of us, as both our names are on the rent. WOOO HOOO!!! I can have my credit ruined TWO different ways! YEAH! I tell you, *NEVER* do a favor for someone or show anyone any kindness... no matter how well you know them, they're going to kick you in the teeth in the long run- just wait for it. Am I bitter? Hell yeah- and well I should be. My day was capped today by stopping by mom and dad's after taking care of my friend's animals... 4 cats, a hedgehog, a bunny bunny, and some fish. I have this weird red mark up my arm (and another was found later on my leg)- looks kind of like a scratch, but it... oh shit, it follows the blood vessels. Mom made her motherly diagnosis, and it turns out she's probably right. After saying "hi" to the folks at the Nashua Trauma Center and removing a large portion of the volume of blood in my body, then a rousing round of jabbing me with an assortment of needles and medications, it looks like I may have blood poisoning. It will take a day or two to find out for sure (they have to send the samples to the lab or something). Neat- a potentially fatal problem if left untreated; not too many people get to say they have a bacterial infection in their blood that could kill them... I'm one of the lucky ones! I got topped off to the "full" mark on antibiotic injections and sent home- I have to go back and find out what's up for certain. You know, it would be GREAT to have medical insurance about now. So folks, Happy Thanksgiving (it starts in about an hour and 10 minutes) and just be thankful- your life could suck as much as mine does right now
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