What has this world come to? I will be moving again, not even a year after the last one. This is in small part to my landlord. He has refused to fix our drain. For the last week we have not been able to use the water at our house without it backing up all over the floor and the whole house smelling like sewage. This means no showering, using the bathroom, washing dishes, ect. This wouldn’t be so bad except for the kids.
Since this all started we have done alot of eating out. We have also realized what it must be like in third world countries. We don’t take full showers and we try not to dirty any dishes. The bathroom thing is the worst. We are making it though.
Right now we are waiting on the sewer guys to locate our septic tank so they can do their work. Well that is what the landlord’s assistant has told us (the landlord is on vacation and wasn’t even planning on doing anything until he came back from whereever he went ~ a week from now). We don’t believe the assistant so we have a call going out to the sewer guys to find out what is going on. This is such a pain in the butt.
Do yo uknow how hard it is to find somewhere to move when you have 6 people? Especially one which is affordable for someone like me.
Once when I was having a rough time I went and asked the state for assistance. They actually had the nerve to tell me I should have found somewhere more affordable. Now get this straight, this place isn’t outrageous. I’m not sure what they were looking for. I guess I could have gone and stayed at the Y with my kids but I don’t think that would be any better.
Well the last time we looked for somewhere to live my female roommate and I along with my kids had trouble getting in. When we would talk to them on the phone they would tell us the number of people was fine but then we would show up to fill out the application and suddenly we had too many people for the apartment. Then we figured it out. We think they thought we were a lesbian couple. I mean think about it a woman in her 30’s with 4 kids and a woman in her mid 20’s with no kids living together, there is only one thing they have to be ~ LESBIANS. Of course we are lesbians because heaven for bid should two women who are friends live together. One whose health isn’t very well and needs someone to look out for her and another who needs someone there to help out with the kids from time to time.
All of this ended up going around the town I was from. This one and one which involves me dealing drugs out of this house. People can be so stupid. Sure I deal drugs… I can’t stand them. I don’t even take meds for a headache so dealing must be the logical step. Well just so I don’t end up with the police out here at my house, I am not a lesbian and I am not a drug dealer.
Hopefully in tomorrow the drain guys will fix my drain and all will get back to normal. I also hope we find a place to move soon and I hope to get a really good job. Until then we will make our way through life as it is now.
