In the end this will probably be a very long post since I haven’t been on my blog since April! The last thing I posted about that was going on in our lives was the new house. We ended up moving in at the beginning of June and within the first few weeks the house was flooded by a freak accident with the hose in the back yard. Apparently Jason left it on, just a trickle and overnight it built up in the hose until the hose burst, shooting the water onto the sliding glass door that leads into the kitchen. Unbeknownst to us the sliding glass door seal is broken which allowed all the water to pour into our kitchen onto the wood floors, into the air vents that run into the air conditioner and heating unit in the basement which was flooded and since we just moved in, the basement was filled with BOXES that got soaked.
While it wasn’t anything that was life-threatening it was devastating to have this happen to our new home. The air conditioner was damaged and also some heating elements in the heating unit which had to be replaced. The wood floor was also ruined. The water damage left it warped and the padding underneath absorbed a lot of the water so mold was a huge concern even if the floor looked dry so $2,000 later for the insurance deductible we now have new flooring which is beautiful and we were able to choose a color that matched the cabinets a hundred times better than the dark wood floors that were originally there.
Later in the month we had a number of days with severe wind and hail and since June happens to be one of the worst months in Colorado for hail and wind damage our roof was damaged. Yeah. So now we need our roof repaired except that claim is considered a separate insurance claim and since we just bought the house which includes closing costs and already paid $2000 for the water damage we have yet to fix the roof. Which brings me to present day which is mid September. Hubby thinks it will be an easy job of replacing a few shingles here and there except at the moment we have NO health insurance because he got laid off from his job September 1st.
The last three months have been the most depressing and trying months of my life in a very long time. I have tried many times to stop and remember that we are all healthy and relatively happy so this is not a big deal, right. But it is, when we moved out of the rental we were to receive a refund on our deposit which was $1,600 which would have helped pay for the water damage and we would have still been able to have someone replace our roof.
Well the ASSHOLE Mike who owned the house decided that because there were a number of scratches on the front of his stainless steel refrigerator (kids were playing with learning magnets the very first week we moved in which caused the scratches) so he took it upon his ASSHOLE Mike self and went out and bought an entire new replacement refrigerator. Never in my entire life as a renter has someone done this to me. I think had we taken him to court we would have won but in the end I hope karma gets ASSHOLE Mike and it bites him in his cheap ass! He was going to charge me for that crappy plastic shelf liner that you buy at Walfart to protect your shelves, most people put it in and after being used throw it away before a new tenant moves in. Right? Apparently he was going to keep it in the cabinets even though we had lived there for two years and I am sure it got dirty from the dishes or food items that were in the cabinets and all. Unbelievable.
This is the same ASSHOLE Mike who flooded our basement TWICE ruining half my wedding keepsake box and the second time almost ruining Christmas because he flooded the laundry room doing work on the pipe. The Christmas presents were hidden in the basement directly under the pipe he broke. Did he once apologize or even offer to pay for damages? Not once, that’s what upsets me about all this. Also when we moved in we had to stay at a hotel for 3 days because he decided to tear out the kitchen flooring and leave us without a floor or a kitchen for 3 days. Did he once offer to pay for food, hotel or even a discount on our rent? Of course not. But ASSHOLE Mike goes out without even telling us that we were losing half of our deposit so he could go out and buy a new fridge.
Sorry, I am over it. I am moving on. I just needed to vent here, my space which loves me regardless of how whiney and depressing this post just happens to be. But come on, you have to admit that we have received the shit end of the stick lately. Things have to turn around. And believe me we have been trying. I am still working part time at the school and have applied for over 15 jobs with not one response and hubby has been sending our resumes with only one response that hopefully turns into a job!
I am still in school taking three classes this semester. Two that are required for the nursing degree and one that I have to take for work, don't get me started on that subject! Ugh! Depending on how long Jas goes unemployed I will most likely have to stop school and get a fulltime job.
