Moving Forward ... Aaaaand Action!

November 9, 2010 - 19:22

Belly full, hair brushed, and teeth cleaned ... I am ready to write to you. :) Not sure what I'm going to say, but I'm ready.


Harem and Mercury have gone out to a meeting, so I have the place to myself for a couple hours. I think I'm going to work out a schedule for myself instead of wandering aimlessly during the day. Do exercises in the morning, and some cleaning in the afternoon (or in the evening when they've stepped out.) I'm trying to be helpful without being interfering or annoying. So, I'm avoiding re-organizing. :) Although, I really want to!

Wanting to is a good sign, actually ... proves that I'm feeling better. Getting happier. I'm once again expressing some interest in the world and it's inhabitants ... the one outside my little unbreakable bubble.

This could be because I'm home and on familiar territory ... and among friends. It may also be because I made a decision about the drama still going on at my old place on Pender. There are too many details to share, but let me "sum up". Landlords were apparently irritated with my notes. They felt that I should have phoned instead. Maybe, but I don't know that leaving a message on the machine, as opposed to leaving a note on the door, would have helped much since they admit that they were away for days at a time. And I fail to see why it should matter since I've been asking to talk with them for two months. They never made any effort to contact me or respond to the notes at all. So, yeah, maybe I should have phoned, but anybody who knows me knows that the outbound phone call isn't exactly in the comfort zone, so I avoid it when I can. Anyway, my friends bailed on me ... they claimed that I asked too much of them and decided to just not bother to help anymore. They told me this about three days after I left, thinking that everything was taken care of. Too late to do anything about it. (I asked them to do two things for me. Pick up my things that I couldn't lose, and take the trash to the bin. I even offered to pay for the garbage disposal.) Well, apparently my "save pile" was too big (I didn't think so, compared to what I took) and they took some of it and dumped the rest in the car port for my cousin to take. Apparently, he did, so I can recover some of it. My friend DID go to pick up my scooter, but the landlord had confiscated it as the only item of real value and wouldn't let them take it. They said they would be charging me a storage fee for the theft too. This can't be legal ... that's what the deposit is for.

I owe them $225 from September's rent. The Damage deposit is $450. Of the remaining $225, they intend to charge me storage and garbage disposal (from the garbage pick up - the most expensive and wasteful means of getting rid of items on the island, since most will recycle the items through re-sell or free outlets) So I'm thinking that they have no intention of giving me back my deposit. the scooter they stole is not of any real value to me, really, since it needs a spark plug, a new battery, and new rear tire tube. My friends already have the keys and the helmet, so what value they think it is, well ...

So, I've decided that what little I might get back from them is not worth the stress and the resulting health problems. There's not too much that I can do from here except nag at my cousin to pick up the remaining items. That trailer is in better shape than when I moved in. Much better shape ... considering that anything that needed to fixed still needs to be fixed. I do not claim that I'm a perfect angel, or a totally innocent victim; I know I certainly made a few mistakes ... but I was alone and very limited in what I could do. If they had bothered to respond to any of my notes, we might have worked something out.

So, I wash my hands of everything on Pender. I will not fight for a lost cause and drag myself down over the dramatic attitude. If they release the scooter, great. I will try to sell it, if not, well, they can keep it.

I still have to pay Mom back for it, but I'm willing to bite that and get on with my life. I'm not chained to the damn thing.

Moving on ...

No response yet from anybody I've sent a resume to. I still have hope though. Lavender is going to host a PartyLite party for me and I hope to make it spectacular. That will be a good start and I'm really hoping to take my PartyLite farther than I did before. I used to treat it as a side hobby ... now I feel like I have the drive to make a proper business with it. It's unfortunate that my PartyLite was stranded on Pender, but I admit that it wasn't exactly current. I've put the call out to my unit leader for help ... either a few items on loan, or the chance to earn a new kit. I am contemplating e-bay for my older items as well, but I'm not sure about that yet. It's kind of against the rules. The older things may just have to wait until I get my own place and have an open house.

Ah ... my own place. Just me and Spot ... and anybody who wishes to drop by to visit ...

Sweet Dreams