Sticks and Stars

The end is in sight. I have spent every single day for the past two weeks cleaning my old house and my list of remaining tasks tells me I will be done just in time for the carpet cleaners to arrive this afternoon, and then I will be able to wash my hands of this place the next morning, when I have my move out meeting with the property manager woman.

I’m kind of dreading the meeting because I know she’s going to come up with all kinds of reasons why I don’t get my (large) deposit back, and man, I just don’t need another reason to be bitter at the world. I was half thinking of just not cleaning, not doing anything, and then accepting that I wouldn’t get it back, but I really, really could use that money and it is not a small amount.

But I just need to soldier on through because Sunday afternoon I will be done with it all and can get on with my life. At this point I have no idea what it’s like to actually come home to my house after work because I have yet to do so. I always go straight to the old place, clean for a couple hours, and then go home just in time to make a quick late dinner and go to bed. My children are becoming increasingly intolerant of the arrangement, which is frustrating because it’s definitely not my first choice either and I hate having to battle with them every night. At this point I’ve resorted to bribing them with ice cream on the way to the old house. Every night. Which, really, is fine, since they aren’t eating dinner until 9:00pm anyway.

I’ve also been staying up way too late trying to get things done, which is exhausting but rewarding. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to start tracking my finances and I’m slowly getting that set up, and last night I started working on my taxes. There’s not too much “work” to be done in that case, mostly just typing in numbers and trying to remember various passwords for various website where various bits of my tax-related data are hidden away, but still, it’s a process.

Update: Taxes, done. Money, eagerly anticipated.

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