where's my good karma?

I thought the whole thing with my roommate was going to be over after I confronted her about my missing textbooks. But I guess I was wrong...

I went back to my apartment every day last week just to soothe my nerves and to check if the half of May's rent she owed me was there yet. It wasn't. It probably never will be because she doesn't talk to me, return my calls, or show any signs of acknowledging my numerous requests for it. And now she's left. I showed up to the apartment yesterday to pick up a package I was waiting for only to walk in and find everything of hers gone - which included all of the furniture in the living areas. She wasn't there herself, but her boyfriend (don't get me started on the boyfriend) was packing up the random stuff that was left. I asked him if they were going to be gone for the rest of the summer and he simply said, "Yup." 

I tried to play calm, cool, and collected as I hustled my little body down to the leasing office to immediately found out if she had paid her half of the June rent. Surprise, surprise - only my half of the rent was entered on the computer as of June 1st. Now she is not only stealing from me, but she intentionally did not pay her half of the rent when I told her I was no longer going to pay her half and she would be fully responsible for it. Now, this isn't true because both of our names are on the lease and if she doesn't pay, I'm responsible and face the consequences, but I was hoping she'd see how serious it was not to pay for her and feel a little frightened of what would happen if she didn't pay - I guess I was wrong. Or she thought if she up and left they couldn't do anything to her even though her name is on a lease until August. So, by leaving without any notice and without paying rent she has really just put my behind on the line because the lease contract my name is also on is now completely broken and if the rent is not paid they can legally evict me. 

Let's just say I'm slightly panicking, thus the slightly early morning post because I can't sleep. I'm supposed to receive a call from the office this morning about the whole thing, but I spent the afternoon researching my rights in similar situations on the web and if the manager does not decide to work with me, the only way to get myself out of this is just to chalk up her half of the rent and be $1000 in the hole. Goodbye any Disneyworld shopping... goodbye eating out... goodbye new school supplies... goodbye new haircut - for a LONG time. 

(You couldn't tell, but I just gave a very down trodden sigh.) I'm just wondering, after putting up with two weeks of rotten karma, where's my good stuff right about now?

a new day.

   
Just a random assortment of the things we stumbled across at the park today.  

The whole roommate fiasco escalated yesterday when I returned to my apartment that morning to find two more of my textbooks missing from my very room where I had placed them on a shelf the night before. When my roommate got home later that afternoon I asked her if she knew anything about the additional missing books and was immediately presented with a very defensive, snotty, "I have no idea where you've put your books." Just the way she said it led me to believe that she did know something about them, but things just went from there with her claiming that she would never need the money from selling my textbooks. The whole time her boyfriend stood behind her totally silent. Perhaps she really doesn't know anything about it and it's the work of him, but I find it hard to believe that he would get away with taking 5 of my textbooks without her ever knowing since I rarely ever seem them with out the other in tow. Anyway, I drew the line and moved every item of mine out of the main living areas and into my room where they are locked up. As far as me and anything of mine that is worth anything, we have packed up and moved to Andy's apartment for the duration of the summer until she moves out in August. It's a hassle, but I would have been much more upset if something had ended up happening had I not taken these steps. 

In the meantime, Andy and I will just try to enjoy the rest of our summer. Our trip to Disneyworld is coming up soon and with the events of the past week, I absolutely cannot wait to take a vacation from it all. I can't think of a better escape than Disneyworld. 

out and about/ roommate woes

Today Andy and I ventured to a nearby nursery we'd never visited, Martha's Bloomers. It was a fun trip, but I was a bit underwhelmed and expected a bit more. They didn't really have the variety of flowers I was expected, but had a wonderful "Native to Texas" wildflower section that made me wish I had more room to plant since I'm confined to planters on the front porch in this apartment. One thing I didn't expect to find there, though, was baby doves. Not quite the cutest baby animal I have ever laid my eyes on, but who can resist a classic mom & baby picture? Awww - kind of.  The baby was actually pretty big and his feathers were starting to come, but hadn't broken out of their casings yet. Both mom and dad were pretty protective of their little birdy baby, but it's rather hard to find the coos of a dove even remotely threatening. 

There has been random disappearances of my items from the living area lately. I asked my roommate about it, asking if perhaps she had borrowed my textbooks, but was presented with a "I haven't seem them, but if I do I'll let you know." Yeah, right. This, on top of other curious behavior like the huge delay in getting me her half of this months rent (which I still haven't received) is really irking me. I'm beginning to think she took the books and sold them back to one of the stores here without my permission. Both her and her fiance have not been very pleasant roommates and this just seems to be the cherry on top of the huge crap pile of a sundae. I have the worst luck with roommates - luckily this one is leaving in August. 

At least it's a long weekend coming up! I hope everyone enjoys it.