You know how when you see drivers do idiotic moves in front of you, or near you, it seems as though there never are any cops around to see it?
Well, today as I was driving home (oh glorious word - home, as in the place where I can use the kitchen in a relaxed manner, have a bathroom right off my room ...) a red pickup truck was in the center turning lane next to me. The driver of the pickup truck cut in front of me to get into my lane, causing me to have to brake hard in order to avoid him. Then, a few moments later, the same truck pulled back into the center turning lane, again, causing me to brake hard.
Unluckily for this truck driver, directly behind me was a cop. The cop smoothly pulled into the center turn lane, and followed the pickup truck into the parking lot with lights on.
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As I mentioned above, the word "home" has a much better meaning for me now. As of Thursday night, I essentially moved in to my mom and stepdad's home. Sweet bliss.
I had wanted to avoid my landlady seeing me haul off my computer and also get my frozen foods on Thursday. However, I'd forgotten she doesn't have her kids on Thursdays, so I couldn't do it without her seeing/hearing. I ended up getting my computer, some clothes, etc. All 4 animals greeted me, and the black cat Sierra, nearly escaped out the front door during my last trip to the car.
I decided to try again today to pick up food from the pantry, as well as fridge food and freezer food, and of course my computer keyboard I'd left behind. Unfortunately, I guess the kids got out of school early today for whatever reason.
So, again I got everything I wanted to get, except for the fridge and freezer food - landlady was in living room/kitchen with a friend talking the entire time. All 4 animals greeted me, and hung around me most of the time I was there.
On my way to the house, I stopped at the bank and got a cashier's check for Feb. rent and wrote a note to my landlady giving 30-day notice. I was worried that she might try to say I had abandoned my stuff or something (since she could NOT have not noticed all my activity on Thursday.)
I left the note, and the check, taped to her bedroom door just before leaving. I had hoped to not go back until Friday to pack the remainder of my things, but I realized tonight that I'll have to go back once again tomorrow - I left my textbooks there. Ugh. I just hope she's not home.
The hardest part of all this is seeing the confused looks on the dogs faces - especially Nikki's. Today when I walked in the door, Kayla, the dog who slept in my room, *ran* full flight to me with her butt wiggling vigorously. It just about broke my heart.
Ugh. It wouldn't have been any easier in May to leave the animals ... but it still isn't easy. I would've liked the opportunity to at least have taken the dogs on one last walk ... oh well. In a few years I'll have a place of my own again, and hopefully be making enough money where I can afford a dog and a cat - animals that I can train and spoil and love however much I want to!
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Spending today:
Deli - $4.68 (breakfast and lunch)
Gas - $25.46
Feb rent - old place: $290
I didn't get any groceries today. I'd been planning on getting some more bananas, but just ran out of time before sunset.
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This morning was my first run from my new home to the gym. It took about 45 minutes, which wasn't too bad. What wasn't so great were all the tolls. I'm going to have to experiment to find a way with less tolls, and not too much added time.
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Today was payday. Even with the extra shift I worked on Wednesday, it was a paltry amount.
$317.68
So ... $31.77 - Giving; Savings; Tax Savings
Sometimes Cops ARE Around ...
January 16th, 2010 at 04:25 am
January 16th, 2010 at 05:00 am 1263618009
January 16th, 2010 at 05:26 am 1263619564
Hope you don't have to see landlady tomorrow!!!
Toll roads are something we do not have to worry about in the St. Louis area.
January 16th, 2010 at 12:37 pm 1263645442
And I'm glad you have a comfortable home now - can't beat that!
January 16th, 2010 at 03:23 pm 1263655383
To give you an idea, two of my tickets were for not coming to a complete stop before turning at a stop sign. In both cases it was a low-speed-limit area and no one coming in any direction.
January 16th, 2010 at 03:40 pm 1263656410
In response to ceejay's comment, I heard a cop on the news say one time that many people come to a stop sign already looking to see if anyone is coming rather than stopping and then looking, and that's what gets them into trouble. Unfortunately, in the case he was talking about, it was not a ticket but a fatal accident. I'd never thought about which I did, so I've been trying to consciously do the latter. (I'm not suggesting you did one or the other; I just thought it was an interesting side note!!)
January 16th, 2010 at 05:10 pm 1263661814
Nice to see an idiot get pulled over though. I witnessed that few months ago. A guy had been tailgating me badly through town. It opens up to two lanes at a light, so of course he blew right around me as I was coming to a stop. He blew right through the red light. Too bad for him a cop was behind him.
Sounds like you are so close to being done with this idiot landlord....
January 16th, 2010 at 10:57 pm 1263682620
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January 17th, 2010 at 07:48 pm 1263757685
Whitestripe, unless she asks, no, I don't plan on laying it out to her. I don't think she'd really give a rip about my reasons. I think she's just happy I'm leaving.