AAAHHHHH!!!!!
Today was such a hectic, stressfull day...where do I begin? How about at the beginning...Well, when I got up this morning and tried to get online, I realized the phone line was off. Oh shit...I had forgotten to pay it with all the other crap that's been going on lately. Oh well, I wanted to switch anyways because, well, let me just say don't let men handle anything. Not long ago we had gotten new service, and I had found one that was only 20 dollars a month. I said that one sounds the best. I send my husband over to the neighboor's to set it up and he does the one that's 50 dollars a month!! I was pissed. So, I set it up with a different service today, and it was turned on a lot faster than I thought it would have been. Only took them a couple of hours when they said it could be up to 3 to 5 days. Great! That's only one incident though. We are late on our rent. Not long ago my husband had lost his job, and it was hard for him to find something else. We got so far behind on everything, that we are still trying to get caught up, and it ain't easy. It's like drowning...you're sinking and you just need one good breath to give you that boost you need to swim harder, but you can't quite get your head above the water. So, anyways, late on the rent and the manager came by to let us know that if it isn't paid in full by tomorrow then she will file an eviction notice on Monday. Well, it isn't going to be paid in full. Sorry, but we need food, electricity, and I have to make a car insurance payment. If that isn't paid, then it's cancelled. Can't let that happen. Especially when we are trying to move no matter what happens anyways. See, this new manager has fucked up these apartments. We've been here a couple of years, and before her the worst problem we had was people playing their music too loud. Since she got the job, she has moved in crackheads, drug dealers, and hookers! Yes, I'm serious. There have been a couple of shootings. One right outside our door. Hookers walk up and down the parking lot at all hours of the night. And, I have had junkies knock on my door as late as 3 in the morning asking for money or if I knew where to get drugs!!! We have to get out of here. We've already decided that when we get a place to go, we are willing to break our lease and pay it off later just to get away. I'm pregnant and I have a two year old. We cannot stay here anymore. I'm just thankful my husband doesn't work nights anymore. So, that all being said, she also complained about the dog. We got busted on that not too long ago. I had tried to tell my husband that we couldn't have a dog in an apartment. It's too small so it feels cruel to keep her locked up in here. Plus, I had old him if we got busted we couldn't afford the pet deposit. But after two years of begging and making me feel guilty, I finally gave in, and now look at the problems we have....She's given us 24 hours to pay the deposit or get rid of the dog. I don't know what to do, but I can't afford the deposit, and I'm not getting rid of her. She's a member of our family!! So, anyways, the phone service has been turned on, and I go to get online, and I can't get it to work. I don't know very much about computers. I figure out what I can, and ask for help when needed. It wouldn't let me sign on saying there was a firewall blocking the internet connection, so I go through all this crap to try and figure it out. I came across something using *70 when we sign on so that call-waiting doesn't interfere. I remembered this service is very basic, and I didn't want to pay for that, so we don't have it. I turned that off, and it worked! But I don't understand why. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a firewall like some kind of hacker getting into your system and controlling stuff? I'm lost....I just want to go to bed and hope that tomorrow will be a better day. (even though I know it won't be....)Too bad it's not even 8 o'clock yet...