Monday onward

Sorry to leave everyone hanging so long; unfortunately, my week hasn't gotten much better and I've been running around like crazy.

Monday, after the whole neighbor incident, I get home from work to my landlord asking more questions, wanting to know what else had happened since more calls about the neighbor had been made during the day. This surprised me; I was at work all day. Turns out Josh had been calling neighbors and had stopped by the police station (after calling repeatedly without an answer) trying to press charges on our neighbor. I realize he's concerned about Kristin, but he does not rent here and he has no jurisdiction to be making these types of phone calls and decisions without at least asking who he's representing (in this case, Kristin and myself). I was not made aware he was fishing around and trying to get the neighbor arrested until I got home from work on Monday.

In Josh's calling, he found out some more things about the neighbor which may or may not be true. For example, apparently the neighbor has been yelling at the landlord's son as he goes out running in the morning. If this was true and it happened frequently, wouldn't we have heard it at least once? It's hard, because I can see Josh bending things one way to make it seem worse than it is and the landlord smoothing it out to keep us renting here. The facts are the man has brain damage and therefore is unpredictable, though he has never harmed anyone before. And his son was recently killed in a car accident.

Kristin and I both avoided the house for a few days, though she was only allowed back with Josh's supervision. Tuesday, things got worse. Work went sour when one of my employees blew up in front of me at the end of the day acting very unprofessional. I was caught completely off-guard and was very frustrated as now work was also a stressor. Can't go home, can't go to work. But Tuesday is Salt Pond night and even though I was in no mood to go, I felt tons better with my friends. Then Kristin and Josh came down to the beach (they never have before) and apparently Josh had called the island's mental institution to try and have our neighbor committed. This was way out of line, in my opinion. We as renters and he as the renter's boyfriend has no say in a decision like that. I was completely appalled. Tuesday was a horrible day.

Things started to pick back up Wednesday. I confronted my worker--it ended in a hug. Kristin and I were back in the house, back to regular life. Thursday I went sailing--our traveller broke and I was a touch on the sea-sick side, but all was well. Kristin had a friend over that night and was talking about moving in with this other girl, so things are still up in the air for me. If Kristin leaves, I won't be able to afford this place on my own. So I either have to move out or find roommates. If she decides to move. I think right now we're both ok unless we have more problems with the neighbor.

Friday I went our with some coworkers for drinks after work and then went to see Raiders of the Lost Ark at the theaters--for free. I'd never seen it--good show. This morning I received bad news from home...this week has been pretty rotten. But tonight's the Relay for Life, so I'll be there all night. Should be fun. I'll post pictures and such from the event later. Thanks to everyone who donated!