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angelakIT'S OPENED! And the race is on... what happens next?
A small duplex located @ [XXXXXXXX] is now available for rent to City Employees “ONLY.” The duplex unit is approximately 895 sq. ft. and will rent for $500 - $600 per month (yet to be determined), plus utilities. Tenant will be responsible for both the yard and general maintenance of the unit.
Sooo... my boss notified me that the e-mail about it came in, and I called Barb as soon as I read it. Barb arranged a walk through after work, but then she forgot to call me to tell me she went home early, with an ear ache. So I beeped her on my Nextel and found out she wasn't going to come by. Hopefully this afternoon I will find out whether she's going to do a walk through for me or not.
Aside from that, there has been dissention in the ranks with Steve. It's been an arguement about finances mostly. He says we should budget purely from my income and not at ALL from his for this because he has contract work and it's not steady, and mine is. Granted, he also plans on helping me pay off my Camaro and saving the money he DOES make, for a downpayment on our future house... but I've been having these conflicting ideas! For instance...
The idea of having ALL the bills be out of my paycheck, feels lousy. I mean I like things to FEEL 50/50... even if by saving a downpayment it would make things 50/50 in the end, and helping me with my cars, it feels uncomfortable and weird. I'm having trouble giving up independance, that I feel I never had. I mean, I've always been with my parents, and if I move out with Steve, I will have always lived with Steve or my parents, and never just myself. It's more like a sudden culture shock, realizing... and it's a little bit of a pride and security thing with him helping me with the Camaro in return for rent payments and utilities/food and everything else... the idea enters my mind that, WHAT if things change... I'd be afraid he'd hold that over me, and I want my cars to be purely MINE.
I seem to be having this personal conflict with myself, more than anything, about giving up the ME and fading into, US and no, "yours," or "mine." Just "OURS." How do I do that so soon? It surely isn't going to be easy, and I guess up until now when I HAD to notice it, I didn't realize it would be an issue at all. It'll be an adjustment. I have more to say on it, but as usual I have to cut it short. At 10:00 I get to do a walk through with Barb! Yes! So anyway. We'll see we'll see.
-Angela
P.S. I'll try to post later!!!
A small duplex located @ [XXXXXXXX] is now available for rent to City Employees “ONLY.” The duplex unit is approximately 895 sq. ft. and will rent for $500 - $600 per month (yet to be determined), plus utilities. Tenant will be responsible for both the yard and general maintenance of the unit.
Sooo... my boss notified me that the e-mail about it came in, and I called Barb as soon as I read it. Barb arranged a walk through after work, but then she forgot to call me to tell me she went home early, with an ear ache. So I beeped her on my Nextel and found out she wasn't going to come by. Hopefully this afternoon I will find out whether she's going to do a walk through for me or not.
Aside from that, there has been dissention in the ranks with Steve. It's been an arguement about finances mostly. He says we should budget purely from my income and not at ALL from his for this because he has contract work and it's not steady, and mine is. Granted, he also plans on helping me pay off my Camaro and saving the money he DOES make, for a downpayment on our future house... but I've been having these conflicting ideas! For instance...
The idea of having ALL the bills be out of my paycheck, feels lousy. I mean I like things to FEEL 50/50... even if by saving a downpayment it would make things 50/50 in the end, and helping me with my cars, it feels uncomfortable and weird. I'm having trouble giving up independance, that I feel I never had. I mean, I've always been with my parents, and if I move out with Steve, I will have always lived with Steve or my parents, and never just myself. It's more like a sudden culture shock, realizing... and it's a little bit of a pride and security thing with him helping me with the Camaro in return for rent payments and utilities/food and everything else... the idea enters my mind that, WHAT if things change... I'd be afraid he'd hold that over me, and I want my cars to be purely MINE.
I seem to be having this personal conflict with myself, more than anything, about giving up the ME and fading into, US and no, "yours," or "mine." Just "OURS." How do I do that so soon? It surely isn't going to be easy, and I guess up until now when I HAD to notice it, I didn't realize it would be an issue at all. It'll be an adjustment. I have more to say on it, but as usual I have to cut it short. At 10:00 I get to do a walk through with Barb! Yes! So anyway. We'll see we'll see.
-Angela
P.S. I'll try to post later!!!
