So last Friday we got a call from our new landlord. She said "If you like you may move in early. You can start today." Total surprise considering we weren't supposed to start till Wed. So we started. To my surprise the apartment was filthy. Which, whatever....even though she did have almost a month, and I did have to pay $600.00 deposit. Whatever. It is a place secured. So as we are moving every time I go down State street I see this homeless man. I kept telling myself we will stop next run. Well, finally after all day, at 7:30 pm I see him again. I tell AJ and we agree to pull over. AJ got out and approached him. "Hey buddy, are you hungry?" he asked the weathered old man with a bed roll and a bag of clothes. "Yeah, I'm starving he replied." So AJ proceeded to ask him if we could buy him dinner. His reply was "No, I am on a special diet." Now, we could have chalked it up to the fact that maybe he just wants cash to blow...but AJ and I gave him a $5.00 bill anyway. He told AJ about how he was there because his grandmother won a settlement in the 60's for a bunch of land but they are still fighting the government to get it. We left wishing we could have done more for the man. I see him on that same street everyday.
Anyway, so the past three days I have been bringing AJ to work and stopping at the old house trying to finish packing the ODDS and ENDS...aka leftover crap we have no idea what to do with. Then I realize, despite the major overlap in houses, time is ticking and it is Thurs and we are supposed to be done Sun. So now I am trying to pack, finish laundry before we move the washer and dryer, and clean. I am still trying to clean the new apartment from the last tenants! I can't unpack my kitchen till the new one is clean and the houses are 30 miles apart. It makes for getting both done a little harder. It is getting done slowly though.
On top of that I called the gas people the other day and asked if they could have their guy check my fireplace out and light the pilots on my furnace and hot water heater. They said they no longer do that and now you have to call a "qualified individual" in to do it. So that is gonna cost me right? Should the landlord supply me with this "individual'? I hope that is how it works.
We were supposed to sign our lease last Fri, but when we got there, she couldn't find it. She said she would be out of town but call her husband on Tues and he will have it. Well Tue he was on his way to Cali. So he said Thurs (today) so hopefully when AJ gets off we can have them do a walk through. We have no electricity in our bedroom. Seeing as how we don't usually get home till night, we can't unpack it. We thought it was the ceiling fan/ light fixture so we went to Lowe's and bought a $60.00 lamp and yeah hi....no plugs work.
I keep telling myself "It's a secure place and at least I have somewhere for my baby to sleep." and "It's only for a year....NO MATTER WHAT we are going to make it to Ca next year!"
So now I just have to take it day by day, and today I need to try to get two houses clean :)
