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Today I called Rita (property manager of our house in Georgia)and she said the deadbeats still have not come up with any money and it has been 2 weeks since the eviction was filed. Today Rita calls the sheriff's office and one day next week he will go there and toss 'em out. She does not know exactly what day, but she will let me know as soon as she does. Next week is Thanksgiving. But I have no sympathy for these people. If I could go down there and personally kick their ass I would. So from now until we sell or rent again, we will have to pay 2 mortgage payments a month. Each month we will come up about $500-600 short. That will have to come out of our savings. I am ashamed to say, we only have about $2,500 in our savings account. We have some other investments, but I don't know how accessible they are and what kind of fees we would have to pay to cash them in.

I will have to forget about Germany. The weekend I have off in December that we were supposed to go to NYC...we will now have to drive down to Georgia and get our house fixed up to be shown again. God help these people if they have trashed it in any way.

I have found their phone number. I am SOOOOOOOO tempted to call them.

I am terrified to see my house again. I loved that house. I hated where it was - but I loved my house. The thought of these trashy people living in it breaks my heart. I want them out. I want them out right now. Before it is tainted anymore. They have only lived in it for 6 months - but that is enough.

I have to work in 2 hours. I really just wish I could crawl into a fucking hole.

Germany

After much deliberation, I think we have finally decided what to do about the Germany trip. Instead of seeing the WHOLE country in one trip, we will just do part of it. I don't think there is anyway in hell I would manage to get 3 weeks off from Dillards. One week is much more do-able. I could just quit the job, but I really don't want to. It's an easy job and I am already addicted to the discount! I am also enjoying clothes again and dressing nice and wearing makeup. I don't want to quit. Yet. There may come a day soon that I will, but for now I don't want to.

So we have decided to just go Jan 27 until Feb 5. We will just drive through the Rhine and Mosel Valley. We will do Bavaria and Prague and Berlin and the Romantic Road on another trip. There will be more trips. I am not giving up traveling. I have been too depressed about it lately.

So there. That's settled.

I have also been itching for a ski trip. But I think for this year, we will be content to do Perfect North Slopes in Indiana. Maybe next year we will do Lake Tahoe again. That was a fun trip.

I love shopping

Still working at Dillards. I must say, I enjoy getting dressed in nice clothes, fixing my hair, wearing makeup. I have not done much of that in the past year. I did not see the point.

This week at Dillard's is Employee Appreciation Week. In addition to the regular 25% discount, we get an another 20% off. Only problem is you have to wait 30 days to get your 25% discount....and I won't get mine until Nov 26. Bummer. BUT! My friend Dan is going to take me shopping today so I can use his discount. There are 2 things I know I am going to get - both birthday presents for my mom. They have these really nice purses on clearance at 75% off. $70 purses. With all the discounts, it will come to about $10! They are kind of summer purses, but my mother doesn't worry about stuff like that. Also I found a bright yellow Tommy Hilfiger shirt - she loves yellow - that will come to about $10 as well. I might try to pick up a few more Christmas gifts. And some stuff for me of course! Initial stuff seems to be very popular. They have all sorts of sweaters and blouses with initials on them. Mine is "L" , so I will look like Laverne. But I still want it. Or perhaps just an initial necklace. Oh I had forgotten how much I LOVE SHOPPING. And how much I LOVE CLOTHES! And discounts!

But just because I have something to make me happy, doesn't mean I am happy. I am still depressed about alot of things. Not being able to travel is of course at the top of the list. We are going to New York sometime in the next month come Hell or High Water. Germany in January - I don't know. If we have to evict the people renting our house in Georgia then there is no way we can afford it. Also, I don't know if Dillards will give me the time off. And I really don't want to quit that job. I kinda like it. But who knows...more than likely we will end up having to evict those people and it will be a HUGE nightmare.

Alot can happen in a week.

My nasty ear infection cleared up. And I got to wear a prom dress and makeup last week at Fear Fest. BUT - it was Freezing last weekend! Froze my ass off in that damn dress. Most likely as a result of this, I got a cold. Started lightly bothering me early in the week and by Friday it was a full blown cold. I had to miss the last weekend of Fear Fest. It's ok though. To be perfectly honest I was getting a bit tired of it. I don't think I will do it again. I still LOVE Halloween, but working there 11 hours a day every Saturday and Sunday was getting a bit old. I feel as though it took away from my enjoyment of the season.

So I worked my first week at Dillards. It was ok. They pretty much still do the same shit I remember doing 11 years ago. I was hoping to meet some people there, but the only girl there that is close to my age is not really my type. She is pregnant, due in April. She also has another kid with another daddy. A black daddy. Who skipped out the day he found out she was pregnant. He gave her $500 for an abortion and said to leave him out of it. This past week she was looking forward to getting her food stamps so she could finally get some food in the house. M'kay.