Where do I start?? in My life....I can't make this shit up!

  • June 11, 2019, 8:19 a.m.
  • |
  • Public

It has been a crazy few days!!
Saturday we had double performances, so between the shows Brian and I head home for a while to take care of the fur children. I went into the bedroom to discover a giant puddle on the floor. Turns out our wall is basically crumbling. There are cracks in the stucco, which allowed water to get into the wall, and that basically deteriorated the inside over time. It lead to cracks on both sides. Brian snapped pictures and sent them to the landlord, then we were off to our next performance. Late Saturday night the LL texts Brian to tell him that someone will be at the house to look at it by 9am!
We woke up early Sunday to clean the house so he could look. The guy showed up, explained that the entire wall - inside and outside - need to be replaced. Well, Fuck. I mean I’m glad I’m not paying to fix it, but I always get anxious when something like this happens because I become convinced that we’re going to get evicted or he wont renew our lease because we ask for too much stuff to be done. Now, I fully understand that there are no grounds for eviction - we always pay rent on time and care for the property - but that’s doesn’t mean my anxiety and the demons in my brain dont start talking!
Anyway, after that we went to breakfast than the Theatre for our final performance of The Last Roundup of the Guacamole Queens. We had a sold out house and incredible performance. It rained like crazy (of course it did, this is South Florida in the rainy season) so after the show I said we needed to go home to check on the bedroom/water situation. Luckily there wasn’t any water on the floor, so we went out to the Cast Party. Had a great time then rushed home because it was the Tony Awards.
Yesterday was most definitely a Monday. I had a massive headache all day, nothing would touch it. I took 2 800mg Ibuprofen and drank several sodas, it finally started to subside around 2. Nothing worse than being stuck at work with a migraine. There was also the boss yesterday. She was adamant that we go out to lunch, even though I didnt feel well. She said she needed to talk. I hate going to lunch with this woman. Lunch was full if awkward silence because she suspects (quite correctly) that I’m looking for another job.
After work last night I picked Cam up from my folks house, then went home, only to find a golf ball sized hole in the outside wall. Apparently someone had come to look at the stucco again, and we weren’t informed they’d be there. I can only imagine how crazy Minnie went! Poor doggo does not like people near her house!
Brian got back on the phone with the LL and were informed that an insurance adjust will be out. We explained that we need to know in advance so someone can be home. We cant just miss a day of work and wait for someone to maybe show up. He said he’d schedule for someone to come on an evening or weekend. With that somewhat settled I start making dinner, only to find out that Brian is being sued in small claims court for an old credit card bill. Seriously, I cant fucking win! Just add more stress!! We still had our first read through for Squabbles so we were off to the theatre. I’m not sure if I was just frustrated with the whole situation, but throughout the read through Brian was pissing me off. I even stopped reading. Finally about halfway through the second act he asked me to read, and I did so begrudgingly. I didnt have the chance to tell him why I was pissed last night, so we’ll have to talk about it later. Looking back, maybe I was just frustrated from every other situation that I felt like he was stepping on my toes.
I’ve been at work for an hour and I’m already over it. Honestly I’m just so sick be being talked at, talked down to, and made to feel like I cant do the job. A person will only take so much abuse before leaving. I like the company, I like several of the people I work with, but management is not where it should be. So, every day I hit up indeed and try to apply for at least one job a day! I would love to increase that number but due to time constraints and the amount of new postings, that’s difficult.
My quality of work has decreased too. Im doing barely enough to get By. I just dont care anymore, and that’s frustrating.
Hopefully things start turning around soon.


Shannonly June 11, 2019

I worry about rent increases or evictions, too. I don't like calling the landlord for repairs. Sometimes there's no other choice, and this is definitely one of those times!

Valued Customer June 14, 2019

How your feeling re: eviction brings back memories. I would always worry that I asked for "too much", too, but now looking back it was the landlord who should have been concerned about being able to continue to receive rent on a property that had unsafe/unacceptable living conditions.

You must be logged in to comment. Please sign in or join Prosebox to leave a comment.