State of the Sparr

[sparr]

Roommate's car got keyed while I was away, leading to a police report and a shouting match with the neighbor that did it.  I think we are going to break our lease here.  Between the pool failing inspection (closed for 3 weeks now), semi-monthly interruptions to water service, 80%-nonworking security gates, and a host of other small things I think we will be ok if they try to come after us.

On that note...  I am looking for a new place.  I need an apartment/house or room for myself, or an apartment/house or rooms for myself and my current roommate, or a house for *sale* (<$120k) for consideration by a friend who I am sorta house hunting with.  ITP on the north or east cooridors would be great.  Sandy Springs, Chamblee, Decatur, or anywhere between downtown and those locations.

Origins was fun.  Daytime volunteering cut into gaming, need to get some night shifts next year.  Made some new friends when I found a ride home, and finally got contact info for some folks that I only get to see once a year.

I arrived home from vacation to find my PC with a dead video card.  Hopefully that's the only dead part, but an erratic router and a dead power supply for an unrelated device tells me we probably had a lightning strike and I will have to check all my electronics that were running.  So glad I found a netbook on woot recently or I would be computerless right now, and that would be no good for a lot of reasons.

My dental troubles continue to mount.  Good news, less pain due to less pressure, and less bleeding overall due to more regular flossing.  Bad news, less pressure due to crowned-after-10-years-of-impacting wisdom tooth, leading to unstoppable bleeding at one site.  Eating is seriously difficult, I have been on a mushy-foods-only diet for over a week now.  I need a thorough teeth cleaning and can't find a dentist in Atlanta that will do it for less than $500, and on top of that I need 3 wisdom teeth out.  Fortunately I can get the teeth out in Nashville for 1/10th what it will cost in Atlanta, just have to get up there ASAP.  Recommendations on diet, dentist, and/or oral surgery options would be appreciated.

Finally, I am really enjoying having a scooter.  I miss my bike, and being able to take it on MARTA, but not enough to switch back.

Comments

[luckygirl74.livejournal.com]

if you are in the market to buy - I am a realtor that loves to help first time buyers! stacia@avenue-realty.com

[sparr0.livejournal.com]

She already has an agent, I'm mostly just pointing things out to her that her agent hasn't. Wish I had the credit to go house hunting on my own. Thanks for the offer though.

[ne.livejournal.com]

Check out good samaritan dentists I believe it is called here in Atlanta. They often do the work for less and will let you do payment plans.

[sparr0.livejournal.com]

20 minutes on hold just to be told they aren't accepting new patients until next year... Something that long term, you would think it worth mentioning on their website or in their hold music/message. Thanks for the advice, though.

[ne.livejournal.com]

well crap was hoping they would help.

[inlkflyn.livejournal.com]

I meant to tell you I talked to them and we can't break our lease. There is a clause saying if we give 60 days notice, don't have anything past due (like that gas bill) and pay one month's rent as damages, we can go.

But since we got a discounted rate, we'd have to pay back the "difference" between our rent and the actual market value (the $1300 a month) for the entire lease so it'd work out to be $6k to get out of the lease.

So we can either stay or sublease our apartment to 2-3 other people we know and hope they don't find out.

I was really upset when I found out because I'm depressed about what happened and don't want to live here anymore.

[sparr0.livejournal.com]

That clause would be for early termination *within the lease*. What we are going to do is ignore the lease because they have failed to uphold their end of the deal.

[diamentina9.livejournal.com]

wanna talk to trey abut movin in with us? only problem is there will be three dogs.

[sparr0.livejournal.com]

You're too far out, and three dogs is a no-go :(