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May 30, 2005
Id like to say the apartment is final and we have jobs
But I cant.....
This week has been pretty good. I had two interviews and they both went well. The question now is do I want either of them. I realized, if I settle, I will be making much less money than I could. Is it worth it just to have a job? Im not sure it is, however it would be nice to have something permenent again.
With that Ive been looking into health insurance again. It seems to be the place to make the better bucks. Its been almost 2 months and Im finally feeling a bit refreshed from the last place. The negativity has finally settled and I think Im ready to persue it once again. Hopefully it will be better this time around.
As for the apartment, things are hanging by a thread. We dont know if its a yes or a no. Steve finally called the woman who is renting it out for her dad, and we are hoping they will give it to us based on his info. Its worked for the past year so I dont see why it wont work now.
The biggest problem we are having is that the woman wants to rent it to us, but her brother and father are the ones telling her no. Her brother who is a contractor and rents out apartments, doesnt like the looks of the applications (mainly mine and Josh's). He seems to be the one standing in our way. Her dad is 90 and I believe is listening to the sons warnings on this so if it was completely up to her, we would be moving soon. Guess we have to wait and see what happens and be prepared to hear no.
One good thing thats coming out of all this is that I finally got the chance to do some cleaning up on my credit report. I guess I was under the impression that I had bad credit and there really wasnt much I could do about it. After looking at my credit report, I realized its not really *that* bad and just needs some letters written, and I need to have some claims disputed. Once I get a couple of those things off there, it should improve considerably.
As for Josh, he is still looking and working on opening up his practice. At least getting established a bit more in the community. He made up gift certificates to raffle off for charity, and on Saturday we went to the really really free market, where he gave away free body work.
The really really free market is a place where you leave your business cards behind, bring items youre looking to get rid of, and kind of trade free for free.
I went with him mainly because he wasnt sure if anyone would want free chair massage. He wanted me to be a body in the chair just in case. Needless to say, he didnt have a free moment, so no body work for me. I was really happy though that it all worked out for him.
His first client was a 7 year old boy who came up and asked "whats that". Josh told him it was a chair for massage, and the boys response was "I want it!" lol.
When Josh told him he needed to get permission from his mother, he yelled across the park "Mom! he wants to talk to you". After his mom gave permission for the kid to get a massage, he must have gotten bored within a few minutes, and simply said "ok, Im done" and walked away.
After that, he had a line for most of 2 hours and gave massage one right after the other. He was even able to trade with a woman who Josh really enjoyed receiving from.
Nothing else really exciting happening these days. Sunday was the usual beer bust at the Eagle. The weathers been nice. Sunny and mid 60s which seems to be warmer than mid 60s used to feel. If I had to compare the temperature of SF this year as to that of Rochester I would say 65 in SF feels a lot like 75 in Rochester.
This week coming up? Nothing planned but working on the job issue. Ive got enough in savings to last me until mid September and still make the same amount I did when I was working. My planning worked out in that sense but theres so much more I could do with my savings. New camera, new furniture for the apartment (if or when we get it), Josh needs a massage table, and lots of other stuff.
On that note, Happy Memorial Day. Last year on Memorial Day, I was finishing up my packing of the apartment, cleaning it out, and leaving the place on Gregory Street for good. June 1st at 5am will be my anniversary of flying out to SF. Happy Anniversary to me :)
Posted by Des at May 30, 2005 09:23 AM
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