#xenlife

[xylune]

For nostalgia: Here’s me with the band Steelheart. The lead singer especially liked to smush me. Not sure why. The bassist was much kinder lol!

[xylune]

Sometimes landlords CAN be reasoned with.

Last month our property manager waited until the 28th to come and get a money order for rent that I’d had waiting for him since the 1st. He wouldn’t give me an address or a name to send checks to, so I had no choice but to wait for him to finally show up for the rent. Anyhow, since he waited until the end of the month, my roommate and I figured we had at least until the 20th to pull together this month’s rent.

Well, the real estate company that owns the property sent me an invoice and a letter in the mail yesterday, and come to find out they were charging us a late fee of 75 dollars on this month’s rent. I was PISSED.

So I sent a long, articulate and strongly worded email to the owner, now that I finally had a name and contact info. I told her that I wanted to contest the late fee because I don’t feel it was deserved this month. You can’t wait until nearly the end of the month to tell a tenant what date rent is due and then fine them for being late when you wouldn’t provide that information before.

I expected to get a response saying that my ignorance wasn’t the company’s problem, followed by a threat or warning of some kind. Instead, the lady apologized to me for the misunderstanding, retracted the late fee and helped me create an account on the company site so that I can pay online instead of trying to make it to the post office during the week (roommate and I both work days and don’t get off before post office is closed).

I much prefer digital payment because I hate waiting for a check to be cashed and worrying about whether it made it to the recipient, worrying about accidentally spending money that was supposed to be for that check and etc. Paying online is so much easier, and the 1 dollar convenience fee is actually less than I would have to pay for a money order and the stamp to send it, so this works.

Hooray for having a landlord that’s capable of being reasonable and even helpful!

[xylune]

Thank you so very much!

I want to extend sincere thanks to the Wyndrah follower that donated money to my Paypal account to help my moving finances! It surprised me to get notification and I am deeply grateful for the assistance.

As for the move itself; ideally, I wanted to take the full month to get as many work hours in as possible and save as much of a buffer as I could, but it’s the slow season at the pet resort and my hours have been cut in half. Additionally, the roommate’s wife is constantly badgering him and doesn’t seem to understand that they’re legally required to give me a full month to move out. I’m afraid I’ll come home from work one day to find my things in the yard, my cat MIA and the locks changed.

I think under the circumstances, expedience is best. The sooner I get to New Orleans, the better my chances are of getting a job and getting on payroll before I run out of money and can’t pay for my storage, car or phone. I think I’m going to gun for the first of February to hit the road, vs. the 16th as originally planned. I’m not going to make much more if I stay for two more weeks, as my hours went from almost 40 to 20.

This week is going to be all about the car; getting at least two tires replaced for the road, cleaning out the interior and trunk and organizing what all I can fit in there for the trip. Next week will be focused on putting the rest in storage, leaving behind what I don’t need or care about. My old junk will be my roommate and his cunt wife’s problem when I’m gone; I just want what matters to me.

Anyone else that might be interested in helping me out with the gas to get from Clearwater FL to New Orleans LA can send it to my paypal account: [email protected]. I’m not going to transfer any donations to my bank account until the two days before I leave, as that money is for my gas and tolls I might have to pay on the way to my destination.

Thank you a thousand times to the reader who’s already helped and to any others that might! Time for me to pee into the wind and blow this joint!

[xylune]

Okay then...

I have a stalker. Thinks I look like Ariel from the Little Mermaid. Okay, that's cute but the love letters and him looking up where I live makes it feel on the creepy side.

[xylune]

To those wondering if I dropped off the Earth

I broke my left foot falling down the stairs early Tuesday morning and had to have pins surgically put in. Looks like I'll be crippled for about 3 months. Anyhow, I'm home from the hospital and writing again, since I lost my job due to my injury and have a lot of free time until I find something I'm healed enough to find some kind of desk job that won't require use of my legs. My internet access is limited by my data plan; which I am considering increasing so that I can use my hotspot to try and work from home. In the meantime I'm just going to focus on healing and getting more writing done.

[xylune]

It is finished.

There’s something oddly liberating about finally giving my boss the fuck-off, even though I know I’m amongst the unemployed again and scared out of my wits.

[xylune]

Whee, I’m playing final fantasy 8.

This one takes me back. Squall is such an emo twit.

[xylune]

Sorry, bro, but my body is mine.

I have a neighbor that's been trying to get down my pants. He's sweat in his way, but he's anti abortion. Dude wants to play but doesn't want to pay. Sorry; access denied. I'm not fucking someone that thinks I'm here for breeding. Men can take their sperm and chuck it.