@Stephie @Jolenealaska o/

@ElendilTheTall hello stranger!

How’s life?

hello :)

much the same as always

is that good?

like cricket, or warfare - long periods of boredom punctuated by brief but intense periods of excitement or terror

et tu, Stephé?

More a “sh..I hitting the fan and me trying to dodge it” here.

oh dear

home or work?

Work. Twice.

neither your fault I take it

Hubby just checking various exit strategies.

time to break out the false passports eh

@ElendilTheTall nope. As usual.

Scotland welcomes her native daughter, good old Stephanie McTavish!

Nah. But I have to run. Meeting with the bigwigs.

bon chance

Thanks.

@Stephie both you and hubby? That sounds big.

I wish you success, hopefully you can get throuh it undamaged.

@rumtscho Different topics. For me, it’s a very complex task and project, in the context of an industrial cooperation, Hubby’s corner is something else.

But thanks!

@ElendilTheTall Lindy!!

Working overtime means that one ends up in the kitchen at 8:30 pm with this:

(Project chaos & one damaged car -> working about twice as long as usual -> no time for grocery shopping this week -> running out of bread for the minor’s school breakfast -> remembering that there should be a bag from the local mill in the pantry -> letting the mixer rip while cooking dinner. The rest is obvious.)

wow, you are a very effective mother!

If it had been me, I would have given the children money and said "buy whatever you find in the cafeteria" without even asking if it will be junk food.

I've often thought that I want to be Stephie when I grow up.

Hey jolene!

How are you doing?

I'm oddly dissatisfied with how the hearing worked out. And I'm

Just not a very happy camper today.

:(

I think I know what I need to do to feel better, it's just not something I'm able to do just yet.

Oh, that's a difficult place to be.

It's not very complex.

As an old saying in my line of work goes: "simple" and "easy" are two different things.

I'm really angry, and the anger is hurting me far more than it is hurting the really really really really shitty landlord.

Yes, anger tends to hurt you if you don't express it properly.

And I missed Tall by literally 2 minutes.

I slept till noon and woke up to the Frying Pan still on my computer screen.

ah yes, I also frequently leave it on. There are worse habits :)

What are the next steps in your court proceedings? Will your lawyer talk to the landlord lawyer, or how does it go?

It's pretty much done as far as what I need to do. They (the lawyers) worked out an agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

I'll get into it more in the TL since there are several people there who have been interested.

all right, I'll read it there.

I think I read somewhere that most people are unhappy when they win in court

But basically, I am not evicted, but now they're going to demand $300 I don't have to allow me to keep my cat.

@rumtscho I know I've read that. And recently.

dear little Bacon!

@Jolenealaska It wasn't so recent for me, or I would have known where it was and in what context. I have now two sources in mind, but checking would be a bit of work.

They can legally demand the $300. I really don't have any recourse other than to suck it up.

But whatever the source was, it said that when people sue somebody, they don't really want a legal win. They are hoping for vindication.

and that's not really something enforceable by law.

Yep. That's the gist of what I read as well.

man, I know that I would pay 300 and more if it were my cat, the cat is always worth it, but it still sucks.

I am still relieved about the "not getting evicted" part.

I guess you may not even be on the same level as feeling relief, if you are so pumped up with the anger.

I had no food over Christmas. I pawned my camera to pay their damn late fee in December.

That may be the single saddest thing I have heard in a long, long time.

$300 is huge

@rumtscho Yeah. For me too.

Every time I turn around with these people they are bending me over again. And all the hearing accomplished was that the late fee bullshit is stopping. they're still going to mess with me every way they possibly can.

Like someone in the TL said, it's a pretty reasonable business model.

That's what happens when professional bullshitters work in a place with too permissive laws.

The big fear (eviction) and the untenable situation with the late fee are resolved. They are calling their extraordinary compromise of allowing me to pay on the 3rd of the month as originally agreed without a late fee a "reasonable accommodation" under the ADA.

@Jolenealaska Aww.

Not $300 a month, I hope?

@Cerberus Oh dear God no.

OK.

Or was that never for money?

That was never for money. I would have to become a better tutor to charge for it. I was working on that (becoming better) when I got sidetracked by the landlord crap.

Hmm.

I think you could be a good tutor.

How about mathematics?

There is a lot of demand for that here.