...we know when to kiss, and we know when to kill...if we can't have it all then nobody will!...
I woke up at 7:30 in time for me to move my car before the street sweeper and to my surprise, I hit the snooze and wake up at 8:30 and can hear the street sweeper go by, so I missed it and received a ticket for my laziness :)
I am moving today and decided to take a cab to the Budget truck location on 7th and 16th :) yes folks in San Francisco they aren't parallel ha ha ha. Considering my past record I bought the extra insurance for $15.00 and could have bought liability, but I will just stage an accident (knock on wood that I don't get into one) and it be their fault so I won't be bothered with liability...anyway...
I was up to the last days of the month and still not with a place to live. I had an iffy situation in the Park Merced which is a complex by school...dated, overpriced and in the middle of nowhere as far as the social surroundings and events. I was not impressed with the place or the person I would be living with (a mid 50s maybe even early 60s man who was too smart for his own good, walking around with this intellectual snootiness about him, he speaks 5 languages and one perk would be that he would be gone 5 or 6 months out of the year on business) So the decor was less than modern and the carpet reminded me of my grandmothers house. The price was right, so I thought it was $675.00 and would not include internet or laundry, so tack on $40.00 for internet and $35.00- for laundry and supplies and magically the bill turns into 750 a month yipee ;-/ and considering I would be out by school, if I ever were to come into town I would need to make a day trip out of it and bring a suitcase of my books and supplies so I don't get stuck and starve or without the proper studying material, also spend a lot of money on cabs if I go out and get drunk with friends and don't have a place to crash and spend a lot of money on gas for going to the market, meeting friends or whatever....so not worth the hassle.
Yesterday I found 2 places to view, I saw one at 16:00 in-between the Mission district and the Castro, dubbed the Mistro ;) and this place was nice, it is a decent neighbourhood and only 2 roommates. My room would be almost twice the size of what it is now and the house still has a dishwasher, patio, big backyard and is one of 3 units in the complex. The complex shares coin operated laundry in the basement and oddly enough the tennants pay for garbage and water, but whatever nothing is perfect. With all utilites the rent which is $600.00 and utilities running from $80.00 -$100.00 depending on how cold the month is (the bill is higher because of the stupid water and garbage which the landlord should pay and only tack on an extra 10dollars a month per unit or use the fucking interest they receive on deposits to subsidise the cost but no) so nothing is perfect. The rent then with utilities and laundry stuff would turn into a bill of $725.00, and in prime location Ahhhhh sigh of relief, I am still saving $75.00 from my current $800.00 rent.
I played a cocky card with this guy, poor man he is straight and reserved, I busted out my checkbook and was ready to sign because I had nothing else to go on...and that got him motivated to cancel the rest of the appointments and go with me to get keys made. I didn't write a check (thank god I will explain later) but I left the scene under the proviso that I would return tomorrow with a bank check (which I got) and then move in whenever in the evening. Later that night I saw an apartment on Divisidero in-between the Haight and Lower Haight area. This place was FABULOUS...2bathroom/3bedroom...I would have my own private patio area closed off from the outside world, big room (not as big as the other place) but I would have a closet, there is a dishwasher, free washer and dryer, movie projector and remote control movie screen for watching DVDs in style, 2 really cool straight roommates (guys) and the tab is $625.00 and that's it, so I could save $100.00...So I am in limbo, the guys seemed to like me at the second place and they are letting me know tonight whether or not I move in, I let them know my situation on how I am moving tomorrow evening, regardless just I need to know where to go, so I am in limbo, I would be alright with the first place but VERY HAPPY with the second, saving almost two-hundred dollars is fantastic and with more ammenities...we will see...all I can say is I am grateful to have a place now and it not be in the Sunset BLECH My friend Ryan and Danny are to help me move, thank you gentlemen :* (kisses) and everything is just sitting in boxes, I could start myself now with the boxes but hey, I am lazy and it is 9:41 :)...I will write a more in depth journal about the week and weekend later, right now, I need to study for a spanish test I am not prepared for and just finish up packing :)
xoxo
PS: I hate this moving crap...it sucks that I had roommates I could not work with but this is such a hassle, granted also I compounded the stress by not listening to Danny and find a place first then give notice to move out, and now that is how it will work (learn from experience) but the flaky-ness of people calling you back or even responding or how I saw 30 some places to live which maybe 2 or 3 were what they said they were in the ad and the whole lot of them were CRAP...it is just not a good scene with my constraints of budget...if I had money it would be a different story, but that is 4 years down the line when I am done with undergrad and law school and can name my ticket :) yipee!
PPS: my roommates have been nothing but argumentative for the past few weeks since they know I am moving out, counting the days and telling me how many I have left or that they have had it with my attitude or how I don't socialise with them (people who eat my food, don't cleanup after themselves, drink my wine and vodka, come into my room etc...) why wouldn't I want to...sound like GREAT people :) so fuck it a lot of things have gone on this last month to make my life more stressful (work, school, being sick) so never again I will stay put until end of next summer if I can help it...because then I will be either moving closer to a law school in the area or somewhere else in the country for law school Yipee, let's hope for the first, I don't want to leave my friends and family and the ones I love behind :)
PPPS: Aww fuck it my arm hurts I can't type anymore I will come back to it
I am moving today and decided to take a cab to the Budget truck location on 7th and 16th :) yes folks in San Francisco they aren't parallel ha ha ha. Considering my past record I bought the extra insurance for $15.00 and could have bought liability, but I will just stage an accident (knock on wood that I don't get into one) and it be their fault so I won't be bothered with liability...anyway...
I was up to the last days of the month and still not with a place to live. I had an iffy situation in the Park Merced which is a complex by school...dated, overpriced and in the middle of nowhere as far as the social surroundings and events. I was not impressed with the place or the person I would be living with (a mid 50s maybe even early 60s man who was too smart for his own good, walking around with this intellectual snootiness about him, he speaks 5 languages and one perk would be that he would be gone 5 or 6 months out of the year on business) So the decor was less than modern and the carpet reminded me of my grandmothers house. The price was right, so I thought it was $675.00 and would not include internet or laundry, so tack on $40.00 for internet and $35.00- for laundry and supplies and magically the bill turns into 750 a month yipee ;-/ and considering I would be out by school, if I ever were to come into town I would need to make a day trip out of it and bring a suitcase of my books and supplies so I don't get stuck and starve or without the proper studying material, also spend a lot of money on cabs if I go out and get drunk with friends and don't have a place to crash and spend a lot of money on gas for going to the market, meeting friends or whatever....so not worth the hassle.
Yesterday I found 2 places to view, I saw one at 16:00 in-between the Mission district and the Castro, dubbed the Mistro ;) and this place was nice, it is a decent neighbourhood and only 2 roommates. My room would be almost twice the size of what it is now and the house still has a dishwasher, patio, big backyard and is one of 3 units in the complex. The complex shares coin operated laundry in the basement and oddly enough the tennants pay for garbage and water, but whatever nothing is perfect. With all utilites the rent which is $600.00 and utilities running from $80.00 -$100.00 depending on how cold the month is (the bill is higher because of the stupid water and garbage which the landlord should pay and only tack on an extra 10dollars a month per unit or use the fucking interest they receive on deposits to subsidise the cost but no) so nothing is perfect. The rent then with utilities and laundry stuff would turn into a bill of $725.00, and in prime location Ahhhhh sigh of relief, I am still saving $75.00 from my current $800.00 rent.
I played a cocky card with this guy, poor man he is straight and reserved, I busted out my checkbook and was ready to sign because I had nothing else to go on...and that got him motivated to cancel the rest of the appointments and go with me to get keys made. I didn't write a check (thank god I will explain later) but I left the scene under the proviso that I would return tomorrow with a bank check (which I got) and then move in whenever in the evening. Later that night I saw an apartment on Divisidero in-between the Haight and Lower Haight area. This place was FABULOUS...2bathroom/3bedroom...I would have my own private patio area closed off from the outside world, big room (not as big as the other place) but I would have a closet, there is a dishwasher, free washer and dryer, movie projector and remote control movie screen for watching DVDs in style, 2 really cool straight roommates (guys) and the tab is $625.00 and that's it, so I could save $100.00...So I am in limbo, the guys seemed to like me at the second place and they are letting me know tonight whether or not I move in, I let them know my situation on how I am moving tomorrow evening, regardless just I need to know where to go, so I am in limbo, I would be alright with the first place but VERY HAPPY with the second, saving almost two-hundred dollars is fantastic and with more ammenities...we will see...all I can say is I am grateful to have a place now and it not be in the Sunset BLECH My friend Ryan and Danny are to help me move, thank you gentlemen :* (kisses) and everything is just sitting in boxes, I could start myself now with the boxes but hey, I am lazy and it is 9:41 :)...I will write a more in depth journal about the week and weekend later, right now, I need to study for a spanish test I am not prepared for and just finish up packing :)
xoxo
PS: I hate this moving crap...it sucks that I had roommates I could not work with but this is such a hassle, granted also I compounded the stress by not listening to Danny and find a place first then give notice to move out, and now that is how it will work (learn from experience) but the flaky-ness of people calling you back or even responding or how I saw 30 some places to live which maybe 2 or 3 were what they said they were in the ad and the whole lot of them were CRAP...it is just not a good scene with my constraints of budget...if I had money it would be a different story, but that is 4 years down the line when I am done with undergrad and law school and can name my ticket :) yipee!
PPS: my roommates have been nothing but argumentative for the past few weeks since they know I am moving out, counting the days and telling me how many I have left or that they have had it with my attitude or how I don't socialise with them (people who eat my food, don't cleanup after themselves, drink my wine and vodka, come into my room etc...) why wouldn't I want to...sound like GREAT people :) so fuck it a lot of things have gone on this last month to make my life more stressful (work, school, being sick) so never again I will stay put until end of next summer if I can help it...because then I will be either moving closer to a law school in the area or somewhere else in the country for law school Yipee, let's hope for the first, I don't want to leave my friends and family and the ones I love behind :)
PPPS: Aww fuck it my arm hurts I can't type anymore I will come back to it