holy crap it's a blog
I never write anymore. I simply don't have the time or energy. I apologize for that! I'm in a writing mood tonight though, so here I go. Forgive me if it's long, rambly, and full of crap no one wants to hear about.
So I suppose I'll start at the beginning. My trip out here to Washington was a good one. I saw the country, East Coast to West Coast, and checked off a few more states on my list. The only ones I have yet to visit now are Alaska, California, Nevada, Arizona, North Dakota, and Montana. I'm hoping that while I'm out here on the West Coast I'll make it to Alaska, California, and Nevada. Maybe on the trip back east in a couple of years I'll get through Montana and North Dakota. Anyways, the trip went really well and I made it to Oak Harbor. I started my new job at Best Friends Veterinary Center 3 days after I arrived in town. It's an awesome clinic. I love all of the people I work with and the job is awesome. I only have a couple of complaints there, and those are that I don't get paid enough and that I don't get (real) full time. I'm lucky if I get 35 hours a week, which sucks. Due to recent circumstances (which will be explained shortly) I have decided it's now a necessity for me to get a second job. I'm not excited about that, but it's life. Things with me and Joe are going wonderfully. I've never lived with anyone before, let alone a boyfriend, so I was unsure of what it had in store for us, but we've both adjusted to the new lifestyle and enjoy it a lot. :) Shortly after getting here Joe and I went to the Gorge Amphitheater to see Dave Matthews for 3 days. What a blast! I'm definitely hooked. :) We went home for Christmas and it was really nice to see everyone. I can't wait to go home again, but I don't have a clue when that'll be.
There has been some drama recently, however, which is causing some major bumps in the road. Before I moved up here, Joe and his buddy Jake decided to move out together. They went to boot camp together and school following that and work in the same squadron together. Jake is 20 and seemed like a mature guy. We always seemed to get along well when I came out for visits and the first month or so of living with him wasn't so bad. He's still a kid and does a lot of things that piss me off, like leave half-eaten chicken on a plate on the counter for days at a time or Taco Bell bags with food remains still inside of them by his chair for a week. It's general things like that that pissed me off, but I tried to keep my mouth shut and get over it. It seemed like I was always cleaning up after him, but after a while he got the hint and was better about things. Joe ended up going TAD to a different squadron which kept him out of several small boat dets. It was during these times I realized how much better living without a roommate was, but we can't afford not to and Jake wasn't that bad so we dealt. Anyways, Jake has been dating this girl Kelsey for about a year now. She came up to visit right after I moved in. She just turned 19 and for the first couple days of being here she hid in Jake's room day and night and we didn't see much of her. I finally coaxed her out to the store with me and learned she was a really cool girl I had a lot in common with. She was considering moving up here to be with Jake and since I had just made the big move we talked about that a lot. She had some trust issues with Jake though and wasn't sure if she was ready for that yet. Over the next few months Jake talked more and more about her moving up and finally the decision was made she would be moving in. Joe and I were fine with that since she seemed cool and it would lower our rent and bills. Jake was also planning on proposing to her over Christmas. Before we all went our separate ways before Christmas, we talked a lot about finding another place to live. We currently live a small 2 bedroom townhouse. The bedrooms are pretty small and there's a decent sized living room and small kitchen. There's one and a half baths, so it would be a tight squeeze. We looked around and priced some bigger places, but we ended up deciding it wasn't worth the time and effort to search for a new place to live, pack up everything, move, pay for a new deposit and first and last months rent, etc. etc. Both Jake and Joe leave in March for a 7 month deployment, so it seemed silly to go through all the work to have a new place for 2 short months and then leave. Jake tested the idea a few more times, but he too decided it was smart to just stay where we are until they get home in September/October and then decide to do something else. It would just be me and Kelsey in the house and it's plenty big enough for two people. Joe and I told Jake that if he did in fact make the decision to leave, he would need to give us plenty of notice. We have a roommate clause on our lease stating that if one of us moves out, all of us have to leave as well. Jake told us he wasn't interested in moving before cruise so we stopped thinking about it.
So in January Kelsey moved in and the living quarters got even tighter. Jake left soon after for a couple of weeks and it was just the three of us in the house. Kelsey spent a lot of time with us and we all seemed to get along just fine. She made the decision that once Jake left for deployment, she wanted to move back to California while he was gone. She just didn't think she could handle being here alone. I find it rather silly to move up here knowing full well that in 2 months Jake would be leaving for 7 months, but it's not my life so who cares. Anyways, Jake got back last week and there has been a lot of tension in the air. No one really talked about it and no one could put their finger on what it was, but something was amiss in our house. So after my hellish day yesterday (Never again will I hang out with 20+ Navy guys at a casino/bar watching the Superbowl again!!!!! Too much drama!) and my not-so-great day at work today, I come home to a messy house. I'm already in a pissed off mood and the fact that I asked my roommate to please do the dishes (and he left a note underneath mine saying "you're joking right?") I wanted to hit something. Oh no .. let's make things even worse. He comes downstairs where I am doing the dishes (I swear to God I am the only person who ever does them .. except Joe who does them sometimes) and where Joe in playing his video game and sits on the couch. Mind you, I have been home for maybe 5 minutes. The next thing I know, Jake is telling us that he and Kelsey have decided to move out.
Like.. now.
He wants to give our property management the notice this week for us to be out by the end of the month. Just over a month before they leave for 7 months. Just over a month before Kelsey moves back to California. He can't live in this effing house for another month??????? He has to completely and totally screw us over for a month of being somewhere else? Are you freaking kidding me?!?!?! So now Joe and I have just over a month to pack up all of our stuff, find a new place to live, come up with a deposit, first and last months rent, and move.
Did I mention we can't afford to live on our own?
Did I mention we're living paycheck to paycheck right now as it is and don't have any extra money set aside?
Did I mention that rent in Oak Harbor is insane?
I am so unbelievably angry right now. It seems like the worst idea in the entire world. But as mad as I am right now, I'm almost excited about it too. Did I mention I don't like Jake? He can have his moments where I like him okay, but for the most part I think he's a disrespectful asshole. I'm sick of living with him and now that we won't be, I'm happy about that. One tiny thing in this situation to be happy about.
So what are we going to do? We have a few options as far as people who already have places we might be able to stay in. Most of them will be leaving on the same deployment as Joe and Jake, so it might work out well. I would be there to take care of the house while everyone is gone. We'll see. There would be a lot to work out with that. There's also the option that we'll have to find the cheapest place possible to live in until Joe comes home in the fall. We'll be talking to out property manager tomorrow about everything and starting to look at rental listings in the area. I think I'm still in shock about everything. I can't believe someone who is a "friend" would screw us this hard. I'm trying hard to be civil as I have to live with him for another month or so, but all I want to do right now is knock him in his face.
On a good note .. despite the angry blog I really am happy here.
Anyways, I think I've about written myself out tonight. Not writing in months has me all out of practice. Maybe I'll start keeping this thing more up to date. Maybe I won't. Either way, you got an update, as pissed off and rambly as it was.
I love and miss you all.
<3 debs
Oh and PS. Jake just came downstairs and asked me "Are you hungry kiddo?" Seriously? You know I'm mad. Don't try to play nice now. Give me at least 24 hours to sufficiently beat you up in my head and get my meanness out where it doesn't count. Then you can try to butter me up so I don't actually kick your ass. Thanks butt-wad. *growl*