Eviction Threat

Monday, 8 January 2007
Eviction Threat
Mood: irritated
Now Playing: with the Hoover
Topic: Daily Doings

THIS TIME TOMORROW I could be homeless. "Could be" is the operative expression; it's my landlord's threat. He says I must tidy up my room by 8am tomorrow and unusually for him (he does nothing in an organized fashion usually) the threat is put in writing in a one-sentence letter. Yes, that makes it more legally serious, I know.

I don't get on with my landord. I am recovering from severe problems with depression and just not coping. [I just read this back: I mean I'm recovering from the not coping+depression. Not I was depressed & I'm still not coping. Okay?] As I've hinted before I literally gave up on life a while ago— almost completely. I ended up in a room full of clutter (it had all gone in my friends' shed during the months I was homeless and the years I spent with Nutnut but it had to come back to me eventually. And I was in no right mind really to deal with it when it did.) And the problem just exacerbated. Eventually I did clear the room ship-shape so most of that old clutter's long gone.

The council have me down as "vulnerable". I'd not have been housed otherwise. But when "vulnerable" shows its true "vulnerable" colours, the same council that demanded vulnerability as a box-ticking manoevre don't want to deal with its untidy actuality.

I've an Everest mound of washing in the middle of the floor. A load of books is next to it. The pile has toppled. The bin also I knocked over during my yesterday's efforts at cleaning. So he looks at this and doesn't see my effort, he only sees my mess.

It's going to take me an hour or so to get my room all ship-shape for his inspection.

And then, tomorrow morning, I hopefully won't be homeless.




Posted by gledwood at 5:13 PM GMT
Updated: Tuesday, 9 January 2007 1:53 AM GMT
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Monday, 8 January 2007 - 11:48 PM GMT

Name: "chipper"
Home Page: http://playingwithfire.blogdrive.com


Best of luck to you, Gledwood. At least cleaning the room will be easier than getting clean from addiction. My problems with alcohol addiction prove that.

I too have a mess to clean up, but mine is outside. I haven't cleared the yard of leaves, fallen branches and assorted yard waste from the summer and fall.

This landlord of yours does not sound live a very nice guy. That is dreadful.


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Tuesday, 9 January 2007 - 1:12 AM GMT

Name: "Gledwood"
Home Page: http://gledwood.tripod.com/blog


Thanks! It's 1:20am I'm just about to clear my floor (looks lovely when it's done) in earnest. And find a hiding place for hammy.

Gleds