So, there haven't been a lot of good things going for me or my family [My husband and I] for the past year. For almost a year now we've been living in my father's shitty, dirty basement, dealing with bugs, vermin, and flooding. Not to mention my father's extreme selfishness when it comes to money and food.
Recap: My father charges my husband 300 dollars for rent and utilities, which if we had normal income and we weren't living in that shitty excuse for a basement would be okay. It would be expected to pay that much, but the fact of the matter is that that basement isn't even worth 200 dollars for rent. As for the food situation, he charges us three hundred dollars, which is over half of the money that my husband gets, and then he has to pay another hundred for his phone, and more to put gas in the car a couple times a month, leaving practically nothing for food. Now, before my husband moved in with my father and I, he had no problem paying the bills by himself because I had a really hard time getting a job before I got pregnant. And then he had that extra 300 dollars, but who fucking knows what he spent it on, but it definitely wasn't food. So for two thirds of the month, we'd struggle to find some way to get more food (We had about 30-40 dollars in foodstamps]. Finally, I was approved for WIC, but my father decided he'd help himself to some of my WIC food, most notably, the half bag of salad he decided it would be okay to eat. Also, in terms of money again, he'd find whatever way he could to milk more money out of us. Once he even tried to charge me 80 bucks for my phone when my part of the bill only costs 30 dollars.
Now, I have some excellent news. Those of you that have been following me for a while know that my husband and I applied to these income-based-rent apartments back in early July. After months of waiting, we finally gave up and resigned ourselves to living in this house with my Dad... forever. Well, Tuesday, the apartments called back, finally! Turns out that some two bedroom apartments have been opening up and they wanted us to come in and do some last step paperwork. When we went in to finish the paperwork, we learned that because of the other people who had been ahead of us on the waiting list had yet to come in and do the paperwork, that we are now at the very top of the list!
The paperwork is finish and sent off to New Jersey so they can approve or deny us, and I am so excited. Most likely, we're going to be approved, because unlike a lot of the tenants... We have legitimate reasons for living in these low-income apartments. My husband being on disability and me being a stay-at-home mom helps our chances out a lot.
Something funny and sad: Apparently, at this place a married couple with their first child is a "unique situation", if that tells you anything about the people that live in this place...
And now, I, personally have a bit of exciting news. Thanks to an arrangement I've worked out with my step-dad concerning his college classes, I'm getting a brand new laptop before the 14th of November [my birthday]. Things are looking good.
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