Well, we've got gas now after MUCH miscommunication with the gas company. As a communications major eons ago, I make note of the communication gaps moreso than the average individual.
Communication gaps here have been self-imposed because of my unwillingness to spend money. It doesn't help that 2/3rds of the paycheck has to be held for two weeks to cover rent in case the roommate can't come up with his share. This also means I would have to pay for him AGAIN. I have no kids, so I should be nobody's father or caretaker. Partially out of revenge, I decided to not sign up for alternate internet service at this time, since all the roommate cares about is being on the computer talking to his fiancee. There's a lesson to be learned here somewhere and he'll find out in due time what that lesson is.
The two people in the main equation expect me to take sides. Taking sides really hurts all those involved. I make sure I open my ears fully to hear all arguments; though that opening makes it "in one, out the other". Is it my fault the two of them aren't friends anymore? Should I be in the middle of their money problems? I am not a banker, for pete's sake.
Why don't I move? Well, I can't afford a moving van, I don't want to look through my stuff for the sixth time in eight years, and I'd be going to sharing a house with two roommates to sharing an upstairs area with five others that I DON'T know. Time for private contemplation would only be eliminated - although I've drove past the area in question, and it's nice to look out your window and see a horse pasture on one side, a forest on the other.
There's no room currently in my life for asthetics, though. Maybe when I win the lottery.
Must head to work now... but to all those concerned about me, thank you for that concern. I am still a very long way from getting back to where I was just three months ago, but the good news is that I've not dipped further away, and that everyone else I've talked to agrees with my viewpoints. Sometimes it helps to have people who think the same way you do - I thought I was all on my own.
Thank heavens for small favors.
