Leelanau Whippersnapper

What a boring night.  The Monday’s after I work the weekend really suck.  By the time Monday gets here I am so worn out that when I get home, most of the time I fall asleep on the couch and waste the remainder of my day sleeping.  From 11am on Friday to 2pm on Monday, I put in nearly 40 hours of work.  It is exhausting.

So tonight, I’m sitting here listening to music and looking around the internet to see what’s out there for apartments.  Landlords are stupid.  I should just buy a house and be done with it.  These pets of mine are going to be a problem.  I found a 2 bedroom condo that I like that is within my price range.  Problem is there is a $300 pet deposit with another $10 monthly fee.  Now get fucking real.  I don’t care what kind of animal you have, the chances of it causing $300 fucking dollars in damage is just mind boggling to me.  I sent them an email to see if the fee was negotiable and if they had a model I could come and tour.  I also went to the Craig’s List web site and looked around.  Lots of private landlords listing stuff but I am cautious about renting from individuals again.  I’ve done it for years but I always end up with some slacker for a Landlord and becuase of where I work, I know A LOT of landlords in this area who are nothing more than meth-heads feeding drug habits using the rent they are getting from the slums they care nothing about.  I’m at a point in my life where I’m willing to pay for some things, one of them is a property that has been taken care of where shit isn’t going to break down or stop working.  A property where I send in my rent check each month and don’t have to cut the grass or shovel the walkway.  For the amount that I will end up paying, it’s almost worth the trouble of just trying to get a house.  I just know my credit is not where it should be yet.  I’ve got to get rid of my 2 credit cards and I just can’t do it fast enough.  If I can get rid of those the only liability I will have is my school loan so there would really be no reason not to take me seriously.

Anyhow, tomorrow I am going to sleep in and then clean the house.  I have a department meeting tomorrow night at work, if it’s nice, I’ll take the dog over to the cottage in the afternoon.  Otherwise I have to get this shit hole of a house cleaned up a little bit.