In Memory Of Lady

I am so sad and heartbroken right now. I'm sure some people won't understand how it is possible to be so emotional over the death of a dog, and one that wasn't even mine. Lady was Paul and Kate's dog, and to me she wasn't just "some dog." To me she was almost like a rambunctious, wild child who adored you and wanted only ever just be with you and play with you. She wanted so much to be with those she loved, and tried so hard to stay with them that in the end, she died trying.

But tonight, though tears have been shed and may very well still be shed, I take with me the picture of her lopsided happy grin, with her tongue hanging out... and adoring, ready to please eyes.


I'll miss you, Lady.

Skytop

This is the story of a house called Skytop. Well, not really, I guess it's more a recount of events relating to a house called Skytop. Which I guess is the same thing, only from my point of view? Eh, whatever. Okay, so my roomie, who we shall call Deann because, well, that's her name, and I have been planning on moving from our current place of residence in the Bouganvillea Apartments of Mourne Toute for the January term. We've been keeping a watch on the SGU Post for postings of available housing that seem to suit our needs. My roommate found a post for a 3 bedroom house in Lance Aux Epines. She went to visit, and called me right after seeing it. She was so excited and what she told me made me made me really excited to see the place.

So the following day, during my 12pm break between classes, Deann took me up to see the place. And wow. It was incredible. I was only able to see the outside since the doors were locked, but there was a clear view of the living room and patio from the back yard. And speaking of the yard... it was HUGE! I mean simply ginormous! And the view... the house is situated on top of a hill so that the backyard and driveway overlook Prickly Bay and the beach. You can even see the True Blue campus from the yard. The backyard was completely overgrown with grass coming up past the knees. There was no screening on an of the windows, and no furniture to be seen. But none of that mattered. I was in love :P My roomie was in love.


So we went back to the apartment and my roomie called up that was handling the house rental for the owners. And the news.. was grim. She told Deann that just that morning the wife of a visiting vet professor had come to look at the place and that they were going to move in at the end of the week. My roomie was devastated. I was crestfallen, but optimistic. I guess my roomie had an extra day on me for the house to grow on her, so it was hitting her a bit harder than me. She told the lady to take her number and that if anything happened or came up to give us a call. The lady promised and that was that. Deann was really down about it for days. It really was a let down. It seemed the perfect place and had everything we ever wanted for an incredible rent. I mean, I was disappointed, but I guess not obviously so, cuz Deann asked me, "How can you still be so peppy all the time? Is it a Christian thing?" I laughed and was kind of surprised even. I just told her that for me I just see it as God's will, even though I am kind of sad about it. But that if He wanted us to have it, He'd make it happen.

Heh. For days after we'd plot about stalking the couple who "stole" our house or how we could make the house unappealing to them. But we never followed up on it. They were supposed to move in on a Friday, and Sunday when I drove by on the bus to the Gardenghi's it seemed uninhabited with no car in the driveway and no seeming life inside. But of course that meant nothing because I mean, I don't have a car and the house is big enough that 2 people inside can be easily hidden :P

Then Wed or Thursday my roomie heard a piece of news... apparently the couple weren't very happy with the place and were looking to move elsewhere. This was a very encouraging piece of news, though did make me wonder what could have been so bad to have made them not want it. My roomie said she'd look the professor up and ask him about it and see if he was still considering moving and that if he was to tell her first cuz we wanted first dibs on the place. She finally caught up with him on Friday and called me right after. She was ecstatic. The couple apparently moved in Friday but moved out the very next day. A miracle! I mean, it was unbelievable. I asked how that could be and why, and she said that they were an older couple and since the house was completely unfinished with no screening, scant furniture they had gotten eaten up that Friday night by mosquitoes and found the place unappealing unfinished.

We were so excited! Immediately upon returning home my roomie called the lady up and she confirmed that the couple had moved out but that she had promised the house to someone else. Again, we were like, "WHAT?!" She said she was looking for the girl of a purple car that she had promised the house to. My roomie was like, "That's me!" Apparently the lady had lost Deann's number and had been trying to track her down all week and now we were contacting her! She said that we could go take another look around the place since there were workers there working on the house and the doors would be unlocked.

I was finally able to take a look around the inside of this wonderful dream house and the inside was just as the out. There are 3 spacious bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Each bedroom had lots of closet space. The master bedroom is huge with a walk-in closet and own bathroom. The other 2 bedrooms technically share a bathroom since they have adjoining doors to the bathroom, but with 3 bathrooms in the house, each roommate would have their own bathroom. The "separate" bathroom even has a pseudo bathtub. There is an extensive patio and large full size kitchen with full size stove and fridge. It also has plenty of cabinet space. Included is a washing machine that we plan on just using for emergencies to cut down on electricity cost.

When we got there the workers were putting up screening and the lady taking care of the house told us that she was going to put an A/C unit in one of the bedrooms. They had cut some of the lawn in the back so we could actually walk around a bit and see the back of the house. My roomie talked about how she could see all the study parties and barbecues she could throw and started planning out a house warming party :)



We called up our former 3rd roomie, Breon, to see if she could convince her father to let her move in with us. We gave her a lower rent because we knew her father had wanted her to move in the first place because the other place had been cheaper. Deann said that she had a friend that lived close to where Breon is now living and that her friend had just gotten robbed a few days ago in broad daylight and her boyfriend had gotten roughed up. Breon said she'd try to convince her dad. Well, Deann called me tonight with the sad news. Breon wasn't able to convince her parents to let her move. She hadn't even been able to say anything because her father didn't even want to hear about it. It was sad. Sad mostly for Breon, but for us as well, because now we're short a roommate and we'd rather not have to foot the whole rent on our own. So we've got an ad up in the SGU post and we'll see if we have any takers.

As it is I'll already be paying for 2 months rent for when I'm not even here to take advantage of it *sighs* oh well. We've called our landlady here and left messages to let her know that we were looking to move to another place. Since we haven't really actually signed a renewed lease, we're technically not obligated to stay. But we want to give her about a months notice to give her some time to find replacement tenants for our current apartment. Hopefully she'll let us go with not too much trouble. Deann will prob have to pay some money because of some damage the cats have done to the furniture here, but other than that, the place is still in good condition. We're hoping to move in around the 9th or 10th of October, though the 1st would be great as long as we can get out of this place. We'd rather not be paying for rent in two places and only staying in one. So yup yup... Things in housing are looking up :)