2 posts tagged “rent”

My cat has been using my bathtub as a litterbox for a while now. Not that long--maybe a month. I'd rather she goes in the bathtub than on the rug, you know? I have no idea whether it was the difference in litter, the hood on the litterbox we have, or the fact that my brother's crazy cat is seriously territorial with his litterbox. Probably a combination of all of the above. I did get a litterbox and put it in my bathroom when she started doing that in an attempt to get her to go in the litterbox again. No dice. I guess it really was the litter. Prissy cat. Well, I went out earlier this week and got a couple more litterboxes and the usual gravel litter. And lo and behold, she's been using the litterbox again! Thank goodness. We have four litterboxes in the apartment now. It kinda sucks to have to maintain them all, but I would rather do that than have her go in my bathtub again.

We had craziness in my neighborhood last night. A guy shot someone on pretty much the opposite side of town, then led police in a chase to my side of town. He was headed for the mental hospital that's about a block from my apartment. He stayed in his car talking on his phone to the police for three hours and holding a gun to his head. I had to drive the long way 'round to go hang out with a friend of mine. It TOTALLY slipped my mind to pay the rent. Yikes! That's a costly mistake. Thank God that when I went in today, they let it slide because of all the ruckus. Sweet. What a relief--I can't really afford it on my nonexistant freelance writer's salary. I'm considering applying for food stamps, but it would be weird. I'm not in dire straits yet.

On another high note, one of my friends whose opinion I really respect read the piece that I wrote and submitted. She said that she was really interested and kept her interested the whole time. She's more than a little ADD, so that is a HUGE compliment. In my opinion, at least! It's something to keep someone who is easily distracted interested! I would love to share if anyone else wants to read. Maybe I can find another market for it somewhere. It would be a shame for it to go to waste, so to speak.

I think I have one. 

I've filed the paperwork and have a court date for small claims court against the people I used to rent from.  I contacted them over and over again and got little to no information each time.  According to California law, they have 21 days to give me an accounting of deductions from my security deposit.  I didn't receive ANY notification.  Each time I've contacted them, they've come up with more reasons that I'm not going to be getting $$ back.  They keep asking me what I think is fair.  I think that the cleaning fee I agreed to is fair.  I don't have any other information about it to know any different.  On top of that, I think they're manufacturing evidence.

Anyway.  We've been back and forth and they're being very contentious with me.  They refuse to give me the information that they have that they are legally required to give me.  They're going to look ridiculous when they get to court and are ignorant of the law.  Ignorance of the law is not an excuse or a defense!

I feel like I'M the one that did something wrong.  But I know that's not true.  They're the ones that broke the law.  It's just hard to keep that in mind.  It's making me feel really upset and anxious.  It's still 2 more weeks until the court date and I don't want to stress out about it until then.