My life is
a Circus.
The only
things missing are the elephant, abundance of candy and of course, a tent. I
haven’t quite decided if I’m the clown or a part of the freak-show. Probably
the freak-show, ‘cause clowns are just creepy even if the name Bozo does apply
to me from time to time.
I’d like to
think myself to be fairly imaginative and I’ve been known to fabricate a story
to pacify the parents and, OK, sometimes the public, but there is no way that I
could possibly make up the shit-storm that has been my life for the past month
(or year, if we’re being real here). This
is the stuff of bad soap operas and made-for-TV film – bad plot, great shoes.
I’m sitting on the cold, hardwood floor of my new apartment typing this because
I have no furniture – a tidbit you would know if you follow me on Twitter
(@finnsnbranches). If you don’t, shame on you. But, I digress… No furniture.
Sadly, it
doesn’t end there: I am also without all 32 pieces of my Corelle Hearthstone
dishes, 12 wine glasses, 16 drinking glasses, 16 piece Corningware set, towels,
toiletries, personal items, antique dishes, Paderno pot sets, dressers, tables,
dining room set and a whole slew of other things I’m too angry and too tired to
type. Remember when I said I had a bad feeling about coming back to school? It
turns out the bad feeling had nothing to do with school – it was just that [enter
descriptive profanity here] apartment building. *Sigh*
My LIFE was
in that unit. Without the contents of the apartment – the contents I went to
get on Monday evening only to find them missing – I can’t even make myself a
cup of tea, because I don’t actually have a cup to drink from. I couldn’t make
my son the egg he wanted for breakfast because I don’t have a frying pan.
(Interjection: my bony ass hurts from sitting on the hardwood floor.) Needless
to say, the beginning of my first week in regular classes was not off to a good
start. I spent Monday night with the police officer, and most of Tuesday
yawning, trying to joke about it, meeting my instructor and classmates and then
on the phone with everyone from the head of the rental company to lawyers, the
police and residential tenancies reps.
Ya just can’t make this stuff up, kids.
If you’ve
never experienced a “robbery”, you’re very lucky and I pray you never do. It’s
the stuff that we read about in the news, but doesn’t actually happen to people
like us, right? WRONG. It does happen, and it leaves you with an empty feeling,
and it’s not just your belongings that you are robbed of in that moment. No,
it’s more than that. You are robbed of your sense of security and your ability
to trust. That and your sanity (which can be restored through the consumption
of a good wine and lots of dry humour). It’s hard to believe that these things
can really happen – and while the rental company has tried to twist it into a
“miscommunication”, the fact is that my apartment was entered into and the
contents removed with no legal basis, no permission and without any logical
reason. Oh, did I mention that they were kind enough to lock the door this time? You might remember my concern at having
found the door left unlocked two weeks ago. Ironic, no? They were also kind
enough to turn every bloody light on and then leave them on. Thanks for wasting
power and driving up my energy bill, assholes. (End rant)
While it’s
been an awful experience, filled with sadness and a lot of anger, I know I’m
going to come through stronger on the other end. It’s pretty incredible, and no
amount of compensation is going to replace my trust, sense of security or the
personal items and antique bowls that belonged to my Great Aunt. Those things
are gone forever. It’s like being cheated on, only with less sex and absolutely
no furniture. For the first time in my life, I was a complete bitch to the
customer service reps and while I feel bad for taking my anger out on the
people who weren’t responsible, I’m not a bit sorry for standing up for myself.
At the end of the day, I’m pretty sorry that I didn’t follow my gut and remove
my things sooner.
But I’m
totally not sorry about laying eyes on that officer. Eye candy almost makes it easier to take.
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