Surrender.

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Remember yesterday when I spoke of new guttering and perhaps it will get finished and then I can start working in the front yard with landscaping?

He FINISHED IT!!!

I got the voicemail saying “this is Mr. Handyman, and your guttering is finished. it’s 95 dollars.” (which I thought was an outrageous price. I’ve priced guttering. for the one piece it’s about 35 bucks. so his labor charge was batshit high, but ok.)

I get home and look up, all excited like?

He put it in the WRONG PLACE. He removed my guttering that I had up. And granted. It was old. And needed cleaning out. But it was WORKING. He replaced the perfectly fine but dirty guttering with the new stuff…and the place on the house that NEEDED IT?

still bare.

I called him and he just kind of mumbled and when I asked where the old guttering was, he responded with “in your trash can” and I said well, I still need guttering, and he said well, I’ll get to it when I can.
Forget it. Don’t bother. I don’t have an extra hundred bucks to throw around for some shitty attitude. OVER IT. I’ll figure something else out.

Defeat. Just defeat.

I am starting to hate this house.

I just cried and laid on the couch and watched The September Issue and an ep of Dollhouse then went to bed at 9pm.

So. Deep Breath.

I have some new guttering. That’s good. Today is a brand new day. That’s a relief! I have a bar shift tonight, which will pay for the new misplaced guttering. That’s a blessing.

Come Monday, I will deal with the other guttering. I will call around and check on other home insurance options to perhaps lower my payment…I have a sinking feeling though…But NO! We’re staying focused and positive! If I crumble now…you may have to admit me to the nervous hospital. I’ll be the one in the corner eating my hair and rocking back and forth muttering the words guttering…guttering…guttering…guttering.

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6 thoughts on “Surrender.”

  1. Since I’ve moved in with Josie… my goodness! All the things we’ve dealt with. Those gnats… drain fly things… thought they were going to be the death of both of us. The basement floods. The sewer lines are under water. The air conditioner just quit. The smoke alarm woke us up one night…. beep… beep… beep and we could not make it be quiet. Yes, we removed the battery. And still IT lived. We’ve had the whole bathroom redone as it was soaked underneath the NON existing tile and grout. We’ve replaced plumbing pipes underneath the house.
    And well… how long have I lived here? 2 months?
    So yes.
    Houses. They suck.
    However… you do not.
    Keep pushing the boulder up the hill babe.
    You’ve got all of us… and we’ll make sure it doesn’t run over you.
    And you’ve got some good runners babe. Comedy gold.
    It wears on us… remind me of this when I am done, done, done…
    but its our life. The one and only.
    And I am so glad you are here. The journey would be infinitely less… less, less, less…. without you.
    This is my long version of chin up, boobs out.
    And I love you.

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  2. What if you bought the guttering and we installed it? Is it something we could do? It’s just one section right? And you need to call the Better Business Bureau on that guy’s ass.

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  3. we switched to Shelter when we moved up here. Kind of felt bad leaving them because they were friends…but we switched and have had no remorse!! much cheaper and the same coverage. Our new agent even sent the old ones a letter telling them of our change so that we didn’t have to deal with that part. Go for it. Will make a big difference…car and home!

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  4. That’s soooo good to know, sis. I’m calling around Monday and shopping for new stuff. I’m beyond the loyalty thing…we’ll see how it goes. I know that ST FM has had an all around hike in premiums so it may be that everyone has. but whatever. I’ll shop and see.

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  5. I feel like that guy owes you your money back because he didn’t do what you asked him to do and he threw away serviceable parts. No matter what his expert opinion is you asked him to do something different. BBB or he should just fix your roof, period. That shit is WRONG.

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