June 3, 2013

#$%^%$#(*&^%&!!!!!

This morning I have a meeting at 10AM with Montgomery County school officials about a potential afterschool table tennis program. I was going to get up early to do the Tip of the Week and my blog. However, after a major run-in with the tenant downstairs, I was pretty much up all night, too irritated to sleep, and woke up this morning with a major headache.

I own a three-floor townhouse, and live on the third floor, renting out the first two floors. The 56-year-old person I rent to (who has a full-time job) believes that if he can't pay the rent I shouldn't question it. After much hassling, I was able yesterday to get $400 of the $1080 that was due a week ago, but with no promise on when or if he'd pay the rest, and he seems to think I should be happy that he paid that much. He believes that if he doesn't pay the rent on time, that I should assume he can't pay and I shouldn't ask for it. He's been late month after month, only paying after I hassle him for it, which he says is "condescending." As I belatedly discovered, he's got a credit rating about as low as is mathematically possible (quick pat on the head to myself: I have essentially a perfect credit rating. Yay me!), is a slob (I should take pictures), and keeps me up late at night with regular screaming fights with his 24-year-old son, who also lives downstairs. Recently they got so loud the neighbors called the police at 2:30 AM on a weeknight. I plan to give him one-month's notice soon.

So no blog today or Tip today; I'll restart tomorrow.