I have a Guest Room Again
I have to tell you, and I know a lot of you have heard me bitching about this plenty over the last few days... and in fact some few have heard me complain about this for weeks and weeks and months. But anyway, my house is mine again. The interloper who was told he could only visit for a few weeks and who moved all his stuff in even though I specifically told him not to that I didn't have room for him to live here is now gone. As expected he left a two page letter explaining why we are no longer friends and that he will never willingly communicate with me again.
Further he explained why I was so very wrong to tell him he had to move out since he couldn't pay rent, and how my behavior was childish and so on. (Especially giving him a formal eviction notice after I had already waited patiently for a month for him to comply with my request that he get out. His choice regarding addressing this, was to point out that I had not signed the notice [which would be because *I* was on my way to *work* when I put it on the counter, and I forgot to sign it.) Obviously none of the employment troubles he has had the entire time i have known him could possibly be his fault. And obviously his current crisis is completely my fault. Let us not forget that in his mind, he was completely civil and polite to me the entire time I was trying to get him to move, even when he was slamming doors and having temper tantrums. He never broke a rule, even when he smoked in my house, didn't rinse dishes, didn't wipe the stove and didn't clean his poop tracks out of the toilet at ANY time when they happened.
Anyway, so the point of this is that the person in question has now completely vacated. I really don't care about the note, which confirms what I already knew that I was to blame and we are no longer friends because I have rejected his perfection by asking him to leave after mostly supporting him the better part of two years. And that means that my guest room is restored to me thank the GODDESS! I spent most of the evening in there, cleaning up, and restoring it to it's former state. It's not quite finished, I just put the desk in there, and that's not finished yet... I might put the bigger desk in there instead since It will fit and won't appear to take up really any more space. So I took some pictures anyway, and here they are.
Welcome to my Guest Room. (view from doorway)
It's Cozy and Comfy.
Getting Sleepy?
Stretch out and enjoy a nap!
So you see that the room is mostly back in shape. I'm going to powder the carpet some more tomorrow. There's a scuff on the wall I want to try to fix too. I want to replace the bed and ultimately the rest of the furniture to give the room a more mature look. I found a bed I really want at Thomasville. It's expensive, but it's fine furniture, so it won't last 3 years and then be falling apart. Depending on what I spend on a car when I get my tax return, I may go and buy it week after next. We'll see. It's not an essential right this minute. Just something I'd like to get done soon. I need to put a backing on the blind though, to get that light out of the window. I have some fabric for that, just couldn't ever get in there to DO the job since the room was occupied by an unwanted extended guest.
What I was going to say earlier, is that it's amazing to me how different the house feels now that the negative influence of that very very very bitter and negative person is gone. Tomorrow more cleansing can happen, and I think then that everything will be good. I had gotten to the point where I was convinced that I hated my house... even tried to sell it to get rid of that person... and I realise that while I would like an older home ultimately, that I don't hate this house. I just hated the situation, and the way the house felt with such a negative person abiding in it when in fact I didn't want him to. Hopefully I can stop ranting and harping about it pretty soon.. because at the moment I still seem to go on and on and on...
Today was a good day though as far as how I feel emotionally about my house and my living situation. So hopefully that will continue to improve and maybe my old self will be back to itself soon. There will a sushi soon to celebrate my new freedom. Anyway. Good night.
Further he explained why I was so very wrong to tell him he had to move out since he couldn't pay rent, and how my behavior was childish and so on. (Especially giving him a formal eviction notice after I had already waited patiently for a month for him to comply with my request that he get out. His choice regarding addressing this, was to point out that I had not signed the notice [which would be because *I* was on my way to *work* when I put it on the counter, and I forgot to sign it.) Obviously none of the employment troubles he has had the entire time i have known him could possibly be his fault. And obviously his current crisis is completely my fault. Let us not forget that in his mind, he was completely civil and polite to me the entire time I was trying to get him to move, even when he was slamming doors and having temper tantrums. He never broke a rule, even when he smoked in my house, didn't rinse dishes, didn't wipe the stove and didn't clean his poop tracks out of the toilet at ANY time when they happened.
Anyway, so the point of this is that the person in question has now completely vacated. I really don't care about the note, which confirms what I already knew that I was to blame and we are no longer friends because I have rejected his perfection by asking him to leave after mostly supporting him the better part of two years. And that means that my guest room is restored to me thank the GODDESS! I spent most of the evening in there, cleaning up, and restoring it to it's former state. It's not quite finished, I just put the desk in there, and that's not finished yet... I might put the bigger desk in there instead since It will fit and won't appear to take up really any more space. So I took some pictures anyway, and here they are.
So you see that the room is mostly back in shape. I'm going to powder the carpet some more tomorrow. There's a scuff on the wall I want to try to fix too. I want to replace the bed and ultimately the rest of the furniture to give the room a more mature look. I found a bed I really want at Thomasville. It's expensive, but it's fine furniture, so it won't last 3 years and then be falling apart. Depending on what I spend on a car when I get my tax return, I may go and buy it week after next. We'll see. It's not an essential right this minute. Just something I'd like to get done soon. I need to put a backing on the blind though, to get that light out of the window. I have some fabric for that, just couldn't ever get in there to DO the job since the room was occupied by an unwanted extended guest.
What I was going to say earlier, is that it's amazing to me how different the house feels now that the negative influence of that very very very bitter and negative person is gone. Tomorrow more cleansing can happen, and I think then that everything will be good. I had gotten to the point where I was convinced that I hated my house... even tried to sell it to get rid of that person... and I realise that while I would like an older home ultimately, that I don't hate this house. I just hated the situation, and the way the house felt with such a negative person abiding in it when in fact I didn't want him to. Hopefully I can stop ranting and harping about it pretty soon.. because at the moment I still seem to go on and on and on...
Today was a good day though as far as how I feel emotionally about my house and my living situation. So hopefully that will continue to improve and maybe my old self will be back to itself soon. There will a sushi soon to celebrate my new freedom. Anyway. Good night.