For as long as I can remember, which isn't too far back, I have wanted a place of my own, with my family, to live as we see fit...no one telling us to do something or not to do something, no one telling me I am doing it all wrong because it's not how they would do it...No one looking down at me because I was a loser who did not have their own home...no one telling me I was not an actual adult because I still lived with my parents at 30. Well, the dream came true the day that we saw the sign that said, "For Rent. No deposit." I called and heard they only wanted $650/month and we said "We'll take it!!" We had already seen the house previously when a different set of people owned it. We almost took it then, but at $900/month. Then what scared me away was not only the high price, but the window in the livingroom that was being held up by duct tape. Yeah, No. But now, I was just desperate enough to say screw it! Even though now there were two windows out, I didn't care. They promised to fix it, so heck yeah! We had barely moved our bed in when I noticed the severe roach infestation, throughout the entire house. Oh and ants too. And silverfish in the bathtub. *Sigh* Roaches. I hate roaches. I am terrified of them. The diseases they carry, the way they crawl, the way they get on and in everything! I am even scared of them getting in our ears, eyes and noses as we sleep. It's incredibly disgusting and scary.
So, what do I do? I of course call my landlord. She says "Oh! We never heard anything about roaches, just ants." We will send out an exterminator as soon as we can. But after w week of not hearing from them about the window and after talking to the previous tenants about the "exterminator", I decided to hire my own. We have had two treatments so far and have found out that it was even worse than we had initially thought. The infestation is really, really bad. I will have to have him back three more times just to see a visible dent in the bugs. Then we will have a treatment every quarter.
I have never dealt with a bug problem before. Waterbugs every now and then, yes. Ants, yes, some. Spiders, *shudders*, yep, but not anymore than everyone else. Roaches? No! Hell no! Never! This is not only skin crawling worthy, but it is embarrassing too.
The house has a lot of issues. The bugs being number one! But also there are little holes everywhere. The back sliding glass door falls off track sometimes. The weather striping on the front door needs to be replaced. The hall light is connected to the outside floor light, so if it's on, so is the outside light, and when you need just the outside light on, you have to have the inside light on too. They did come and "fix" the windows at least. The bathtub in the main bathroom needs the sink unplugged, the tub is old and flimsy, the shower head is rusted, the silverfish (slugs), have been treated but are going to take some time to get rid of, the knob on the tub was rusted really bad and the tip of it fell off causing it to drip even when it's off, all of the doors need replacing inside. (Someone had a bad problem with punching holes in them). Our bathroom is awful! It has a huge hole in the wall that is covered up with a big piece of board, when you use the potty, it sounds like it's about to fall through the floor and the pipes are going to pop out of the floor and walls. The cupboards and counters and drawers in the kitchen are ALL rotted through. There's a huge hole in the floor of the cabinet under the sink...they covered it with a few boards and ROCKS! Problem solved, right? OMG! The ceiling fans don't all have the light strings attached, so you have to have the light on even if you only need the fan on. The one in our room doesn't work, except for the light in it. Outside, the weeds have grow for years and years. The pokey plants have to go. There's broken glass all over the side yard. There's an infestation of bees and hornets/wasps. There are a few drainage pockets, that's the only way I can explain them, and they are full of debris. The back porch deck is amazing, but rotting, and we can't go on it really because of the hornets. I think that's it. As if that wasn't enough. Geez....
I love being out on my own. I really do, but I wish we had the money to fix the problems. I am so scared of telling the landlord about everything and have her think I am not worth it, and kick us out.
We also got a new puppy. He's a mix between a husky and a golden retriever. He's gorgeous, but he's a pain in the ass! House training is painful. I wake up to spots of shit and piss, I clean them all through the day, (even with walkings in between), and I go to bed cleaning them. It is extremely bothersome. I can't wait until he is out of this. I already have one baby to clean up after.
We thought the girls would love having their own rooms. That's all they ever talked about before. Nope. They are so used to being in the room together, that they are frightened at night without each other in the room. I am still telling them at LEAST 15 times a night to get back to bed. It's highly annoying. At 5 and 6, almost 6 and 7 years old, they know better.
I want so badly to have a night without worrying about roaches, kids fighting, getting out of bed, or crying, to just sit and watch tv with my honey, a tall glass of wine and a cheese pizza from Little Ceasars! AHHHHHH, that would be the life! I seriously need to de-stress!!
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