Friday, 26 June 2009

• Blah!

  I really do not have much to update on, well I do, but it will be a big jumbled blog. Which isn't so abnormal from my other posts, so what the hell!

  My parents had worked out a deal with their ex-landlord, they would exchange the wood floors and a/c unit for him not to press charges. We got this in writing, the day they came and picked up the wood flooring. The thing that sucks is the guy was supposed to call my dad the following day in regards to the a/c unit and we haven't heard from him yet (that was about a week ago). My dad is supposed to take it over there and set it back up for him, but he is not going to do that until he has a signed letter stating that he would not press charges. We have another guy who has been dealing with my parents and their old landlord, who signed a piece of paper stating that too, but they want it signed by the landlord now.  Go figure he is going to be mia now. Grr.

  The same day that the guy came over to pick up the wood floors, we noticed a lot of commotion going on next door. Within a few hours, there was yellow caution tape all around our neighbor's yard and many, many police vehicles. My mom saw an ambulance pull up and when it left the lights were on but no sirens. Come to find out later, that the guy in the ambulance had died, hence why there was no sirens. Four guys were taken in the police vehicles. And later I saw two CSI trucks next door. Two days later, our neighbor's house was a party zone. There was cars there constantly. Within a few days, they seemed to have cleared out and over the past few days I have only seen one truck over there, loading stuff into it and no one else there. We had a police officer stop by our house asking if we knew the neighbors, asking about one specifically. Needless to say we weren't much help, at all. I learned later, my mom searched the news to see what had happened next door, that two guys got into an argument & one pulled out a gun and shot the other guy in the stomach twice. I am hoping our neighbors have moved out and on, it would be nice.

  Sean has moved into the mosterous twos! I have a little boy with the biggest attitude and biggest mouth. He screams and yells. I am hoping it goes away soon, as I do NOT give into it at all. I am thinking it is just because everyone gets into these fits where they start to yell at each other because no one can hear the other, hence why I think he yells sometimes. It also doesn't help that Derek will yell at him when he isn't listening. Derek is hardly here it seems, so he is finding it hard to adjust when his little boy just won't listen, when he did six months ago. I think he may also be going back in potty training. He understands the concept and will let me know when he needs to potty when we are out, but when we are home, he thinks it is a game, or at least that is what I am thinking. He will poop on the floor and stare at it, knowing exactly what it is. I know this because as soon as you spot him doing it, he will rush to the potty (whether he just started or has been sitting there for five minutes already). He loves to smear it into the floor, and laughs about it. I don't know if this is something I should punish him for or not, because they say not to punish if you are potty training. But at the same time, I feel he is pretty much potty trained (except at nights, he wears a pullup). It's confusing.

  I talked to our landlords about buying this house. It is going to be $35,000. Amy told me as soon as we have between $3,000 to $5,000 saved up for a good down payment and some extra to pay for closing costs and whatnot, that we can go into the nitty gritty details of everything. She said they would wind everything into the monthly payments for us (our house insurance and taxes) and it shouldn't be too much more than what we are paying now. Because if I heard her right, the monthly payments before all that would be right under $400 a month. We are paying $600 a month at the moment. I hope it doesn't go over that, since we are having problems with Derek's work at the moment. Two people quit at his work and they are not getting nearly as many jobs as they were last year. Derek was making easily over a grand this time last year and now we are barely pulling in $600. It is a big downfall from Derek was hoping. Now he is looking at working with another hvac company (the one my dad just started working with), and then starting school in the autumn. I will hopefully start a class or two in the spring.

  I have also been really thinking about getting a job. Not openly with anyone though. I have been thinking a lot about something Derek said I should look into, a while back. He knows quite a few girls who work up at the strip club, but one specifically works as a waitress and doesn't wear stuff that is too revealing (well what I would consider too revealing for my body). I have been thinking about working out very streneously this summer and getting into really good shape and maybe working there on certain nights.It is just an idea though. I haven't really decided whether I wanted to or not, but it is something I have been leaning towards. The only downfall I would have is flirting to get good tips. Hah! I am not a flirt. Plus I don't want to get rubbed the wrong way, physically, by anyone. Maybe I can talk to some of the girls that work up there and see how bad it is, and whatnot. :) Plus both Derek and my dad stated a few nights ago that with my blue hair, I might get some pretty awesome tips. Hah. My dad, of all people. He could go around stating his little girl works at a strip club. Hah. I thought that was amusing.

  Road trips I have planned for the future are a Charleston getaway this coming Sunday through Tuesday. I am really excited to get away from everyone and everything. It'll just be me and my bff! There may also be a future Jacksonville, FL trip planned. I don't know about it yet though. It is still sketchy at the moment.

  My Honda is still not fixed. I got a hood and fender for her, but they are sitting next to her waiting for a good sanding and painting, since the one I picked up was blue instead of black (stupid me for not double checking before I took off on a two-hour roadtrip to get the parts). I drive Nikki for now, and she is getting worse with her starting issue, but I have a few ideas as to what it might be. But as soon as my Honda gets fixed, she'll be parked for a while, hopefully.

  Everything else is still pretty much the same.

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