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We signed a two year lease on a rental house yesterday afternoon. We asked for a two year so that we could be absolutely positive that the new house would not be yanked out from under us before Captain's current enlistment ended. If he re-ups and we end up staying here, we'll attempt to extend the lease after that. If not... That is what the military clause in the lease is for, the realtor even suggested it when we expressed our concerns.
I already sent in the rent check on this place, so we are paid up until the last day of February. I'm hoping to be out of here by the 17th, which would mean getting my check back and writing them a new prorated one. Our current realtor is a bit hesitant about giving the home owner their full February payment, because it is notoriously difficult to get money back from homeowners, so she's leaning toward withholding their payment. Which... On the one hand, I feel bad for them, I know they want in this house, but they're also sort of depending on our rent checks. On the other... They can suck it, really. They're the ones who are kicking us out and they are "encouraging" us to leave ASAP.
I say "encouraging" because they can't ask us directly to leave, because that would count as defaulting on our written lease and then they would owe us $750 for each month they've cut off the lease.
So, I'm not really feeling too sympathetic to their plight.
Especially since this move has taken my entire nest egg savings--which I thankfully had, because if I hadn't been squirreling away spare money like nuts for the winter we would have been totally screwed, and we will barely have enough to pay the normal bills in addition to what amounts to three rent payments and deposits on five new utility accounts.
Anyway, I've got a house to pack up, pretty much on my own since Captain will not be asking for more than a day off work when we pick up the key.
I've got my Exchange_Bingo prize (which is finally completely researched and has two scenes mostly outlined and notes on four secondary characters that I think I'm going to enjoy writing, and the most vaguest of outlines for a story EVAH) to write by April. I think it's supposed to be done by April? Probably needs to be sooner, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to be overwhelmed until mid-February with the house thing.
I've got a baby blanket to finish. (Binding it off every spare moment I've got in the car or during a game when I can get away with not looking like I'm paying complete attention to the GM. I would feel bad, but I'm a girl, and it is a universal truth that women are fully capable of doing more than one thing at a time; therefore, I knit AND roll dice for massive damage vs undead. Because I am just that awesome.)
I've got the fourth (and last, I hope) Dwarven Battle Bonnet to finish. Helmet part is done, except for horns. Haven't started the beard yet.
I've got the WIP that I've been very excited about working on, and would love play around with, but I can't because I would feel extremely guilty since the Exchange_Bingo fic needs to be worked on. I'm considering compromising and finishing a scene in the prize fic, then one in the other, then back to the prize fic.
Finally, I have another sixteen shelves worth of DVDs to add to my phone's inventory App before they can be boxed up. Although, I'm thinking that since the DVDs are mostly alphabetized anyway, I could just finish the letter I'm working on and box the rest up to finish inventorying after the move. Actually, I think that is a brilliant idea, and I shall do that as soon as I finish typing this.
Item checked off current To-Do list. Awesome.
So, packed all the books in Captain's room yesterday. Hoping to get the ones in the living room, and possibly get started on the DVDs today.
This weekend will be a bust in regards to packing as I have volunteered to spend the next three days working at the local gaming convention and won't be home.
TOO MUCH TO DO!
I already sent in the rent check on this place, so we are paid up until the last day of February. I'm hoping to be out of here by the 17th, which would mean getting my check back and writing them a new prorated one. Our current realtor is a bit hesitant about giving the home owner their full February payment, because it is notoriously difficult to get money back from homeowners, so she's leaning toward withholding their payment. Which... On the one hand, I feel bad for them, I know they want in this house, but they're also sort of depending on our rent checks. On the other... They can suck it, really. They're the ones who are kicking us out and they are "encouraging" us to leave ASAP.
I say "encouraging" because they can't ask us directly to leave, because that would count as defaulting on our written lease and then they would owe us $750 for each month they've cut off the lease.
So, I'm not really feeling too sympathetic to their plight.
Especially since this move has taken my entire nest egg savings--which I thankfully had, because if I hadn't been squirreling away spare money like nuts for the winter we would have been totally screwed, and we will barely have enough to pay the normal bills in addition to what amounts to three rent payments and deposits on five new utility accounts.
Anyway, I've got a house to pack up, pretty much on my own since Captain will not be asking for more than a day off work when we pick up the key.
I've got my Exchange_Bingo prize (which is finally completely researched and has two scenes mostly outlined and notes on four secondary characters that I think I'm going to enjoy writing, and the most vaguest of outlines for a story EVAH) to write by April. I think it's supposed to be done by April? Probably needs to be sooner, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to be overwhelmed until mid-February with the house thing.
I've got a baby blanket to finish. (Binding it off every spare moment I've got in the car or during a game when I can get away with not looking like I'm paying complete attention to the GM. I would feel bad, but I'm a girl, and it is a universal truth that women are fully capable of doing more than one thing at a time; therefore, I knit AND roll dice for massive damage vs undead. Because I am just that awesome.)
I've got the fourth (and last, I hope) Dwarven Battle Bonnet to finish. Helmet part is done, except for horns. Haven't started the beard yet.
I've got the WIP that I've been very excited about working on, and would love play around with, but I can't because I would feel extremely guilty since the Exchange_Bingo fic needs to be worked on. I'm considering compromising and finishing a scene in the prize fic, then one in the other, then back to the prize fic.
Finally, I have another sixteen shelves worth of DVDs to add to my phone's inventory App before they can be boxed up. Although, I'm thinking that since the DVDs are mostly alphabetized anyway, I could just finish the letter I'm working on and box the rest up to finish inventorying after the move. Actually, I think that is a brilliant idea, and I shall do that as soon as I finish typing this.
Item checked off current To-Do list. Awesome.
So, packed all the books in Captain's room yesterday. Hoping to get the ones in the living room, and possibly get started on the DVDs today.
This weekend will be a bust in regards to packing as I have volunteered to spend the next three days working at the local gaming convention and won't be home.
TOO MUCH TO DO!
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I am puzzled by one thing, however.
deposits on five new utility accounts
If you're still in the same town, and using the same utility companies, can't they just transfer the deposits?
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