Trying To Get Rid Of Me
I have this odd, sneaking suspicion that my dad is a little too eager to get rid of me. I still can't believe that I move in two weeks, but my dad gave me a check today to cover the cost of the movers. Add to the insane, more than I needed amount he gave me to kill off my credit card debt, and a little bit he gave me to cover my security deposit and you can see why I might be of this opinion. I know thats not the case and that he's just trying to help me out as much as possible, but still. I'm grateful, as money was going to be just a bit tight between my paycheck tomorrow and my paycheck on the first of September when I move in.
The craziness continues as work, but hopefully it'll get better in the next few days. I'm hoping things go smoothly with what I have on my plate. Prayers on my behalf to whatever deity you believe in are greatly appreciated. Between work and sorting out things for moving, its just a wee bit stressful. I'm going down to the house with Shari on Friday to take a look at it, empty, and take some measurements and decide whether I want to keep the room I have dibs on, or if I want to let my housemate A have it. I'm inclined at this moment to keep it, I just don't want to cause any problems before we move in. She called me today to give me the number of the houses owner and I guess that makes him my new landlord. He wanted to one of us, according to the leasing agent we dealt with, so since my name is on the lease, or maybe because she just didn't want to deal with him she passed it off to me.
I called the guy up not knowing the first thing to expect, and he was surprisingly very nice. I don't know why I was expecting worse, maybe because the leasing agent was just so damn ambiguous about everything, that I had the feeling this guy would shoot down a lot of what we wanted to do. He said first off that he apologized for the state of the house when we saw it. He said the old tenant and her kids were just a little bit on the slob side. He said that had he known the place looked that bad that he wouldn't have shown it to anyone. So they're sanding down the hardwood floors and refinishing them, replacing the fridge, oven and stove. He also said that him and his wife will be in town towards the end of next week, and that he wants to meet with us. So that'll be cool. He said he wasn't too big on the idea of moving the existing door, but would have no problem with us hanging a new one, as long as an experienced carpenter did it, and thankfully thats my parents best friend. So all is good.
OK, time to relax for the evening. More craziness tomorrow to look forward to.
Comments
Yep, he definitely wants you gone!! lol That, and he's just really a nice dad. My parents have done the same - paid for movers, shutters, all sorts of money left and right. Funny thing is that I moved out of their house quite some time ago, so it's not like they have this huge sigh of relief all of the sudden.
Posted by: Jenniy | August 19, 2005 12:47 PM