Today was full of fail.
Other than work being really frustrating, today was just awful.
Our new landlord called and we figured out that there had been a misunderstanding - the security deposit is actually TWO month's rent, not one. Which means I need to come up with another $1250 in a week. It was hard anough getting the money together for the first one (involving a secured loan and money borrowed from my mother, saint that she is) and now I have to do it all again. *sigh*
I've got 2200 right now. I'm going to give the landlord $1250 tomorrow towards the second half of the deposit, which'll leave me with about a thousand bucks. I get paid on the first (900$) and will proceed to pay the first month's rent then ($1350) which will leave me with about 600$, 150$ needs to go towards parking for work (since now we don't have free parking anymore, thanks, terrible economy). So I can make the rent for the new place, ok.... Unfortunately, this means that now I cannot pay for the oil to refill the tank at the apartment I currently am at. So I am going to plead with my current landlord to put my security deposit towards it and let me know how much I owe him after that (it'll probably be about $600.) This means that I won't be able to use the security deposit from the old place to pay back Kim's mom for putting down the money for the original SD at the new place, which means I will have to pay her back in increments, which is really annoying and I was hoping I could avoid. Thank GOD I'm working at the Haunted Graveyard during october or I seriously don't think I could make this work.
Then, on top of everything else, I called the power company and the gas company to turn on service at the new place, since we're supposed to be moving in on Sunday. Power is fine, they'll have it up tomorrow, but the gas company couldn't get there any earlier than Tuesday. Landlord informs me that it is illegal to move in without gas... why, I have NO CLUE since it's just hot water, and I mean, COME ON, we can live without hot water for TWO FREAKIN' DAYS. So I call back the gas company. Nope, they can't do it any earlier. Awesome. My current landlord won't let me stay til the next weekend and my mom can't help me move in on a weekday.
So new landlord came up with a compromise. I can move in my stuff, I just can't actually move in MYSELF until the first. I debated leaving the couch cushions at my old apartment and just sleeping on them but then I had the bright idea that Tina might let me just stay up there - which she is, and is graciously also going to watch Oy for me for those 2 days while I am at work. SO yeah. Between all the freakin' phone calls I have been making and the general annoyance of messed up word formats and the phone ringing off the hook here at work, I am about ready to tear my hair out.
Plus I haven't heard from a certain someone, which would probably have been the only thing to really lift my mood today. :\
Our new landlord called and we figured out that there had been a misunderstanding - the security deposit is actually TWO month's rent, not one. Which means I need to come up with another $1250 in a week. It was hard anough getting the money together for the first one (involving a secured loan and money borrowed from my mother, saint that she is) and now I have to do it all again. *sigh*
I've got 2200 right now. I'm going to give the landlord $1250 tomorrow towards the second half of the deposit, which'll leave me with about a thousand bucks. I get paid on the first (900$) and will proceed to pay the first month's rent then ($1350) which will leave me with about 600$, 150$ needs to go towards parking for work (since now we don't have free parking anymore, thanks, terrible economy). So I can make the rent for the new place, ok.... Unfortunately, this means that now I cannot pay for the oil to refill the tank at the apartment I currently am at. So I am going to plead with my current landlord to put my security deposit towards it and let me know how much I owe him after that (it'll probably be about $600.) This means that I won't be able to use the security deposit from the old place to pay back Kim's mom for putting down the money for the original SD at the new place, which means I will have to pay her back in increments, which is really annoying and I was hoping I could avoid. Thank GOD I'm working at the Haunted Graveyard during october or I seriously don't think I could make this work.
Then, on top of everything else, I called the power company and the gas company to turn on service at the new place, since we're supposed to be moving in on Sunday. Power is fine, they'll have it up tomorrow, but the gas company couldn't get there any earlier than Tuesday. Landlord informs me that it is illegal to move in without gas... why, I have NO CLUE since it's just hot water, and I mean, COME ON, we can live without hot water for TWO FREAKIN' DAYS. So I call back the gas company. Nope, they can't do it any earlier. Awesome. My current landlord won't let me stay til the next weekend and my mom can't help me move in on a weekday.
So new landlord came up with a compromise. I can move in my stuff, I just can't actually move in MYSELF until the first. I debated leaving the couch cushions at my old apartment and just sleeping on them but then I had the bright idea that Tina might let me just stay up there - which she is, and is graciously also going to watch Oy for me for those 2 days while I am at work. SO yeah. Between all the freakin' phone calls I have been making and the general annoyance of messed up word formats and the phone ringing off the hook here at work, I am about ready to tear my hair out.
Plus I haven't heard from a certain someone, which would probably have been the only thing to really lift my mood today. :\