Changing the subject to something totally different...is our carpet situation. I've lived in this apartment for almost 2 years. When I moved in, my roommate Tina had a cat named Jack and my other roommate Candice recently got a kitten named Milo. Both cats were very sweet. Candice paid money to have Milo declawed; however, Jack still had all of his claws. Jack started being very bad and started tearing up our carpet. The carpet is shredded (and coming up off the floor) by the entrance of our apartment door, entrance of our kitchen, by our bathroom door and by Tina's door. There's some wear 'n tear by my door and Candice's door. Then Jack got really bad - he started pooping and peeing all over the place. In one week, he pooped 4 times and peed on one of our couches once. I know he peed again one day because I could smell it, but we couldn't locate the area where it was coming from (probably was underneath one of the couches or something). Milo then started to pick up on it. The cats peed on both of my roommates' clothes a few times...thankfully I was always smart enough to keep my door closed so I never had to deal with that problem.
Tina works at a hospital about 40 minutes away from here, and when she works she just stays at her parents' house because they live closer to her work. Therefore, sometimes Tina would be gone for an entire week and ask us to take care of Jack and make sure he is fed and everything. That would also leave Candice & I to come home to the shit and piss and awful smells and leave US to clean up after him. It eventually got so bad that we gave Tina a reality check, and also told her that if she doesn't have time to take care of a cat, she shouldn't have one. Basically, we told her Jack had to go. We tried everything to get him to stop pooping & peeing but it didn't work, and our carpet is already destroyed. We've even got wear 'n tear on our doors because the cat would keep scratching them.
Eventually we got rid of both cats. Jack went to a shelter because we couldn't find anyone to take him, and Milo went to Candice's parents' house.
Got all that? lol good. The next step is to have someone look at our carpet to estimate the COST OF REPLACING IT. This carpet was brand new when my roommates moved in and they lived here for a year before I moved in. The carpet will definitely have to be replaced. Tina said she was going to have someone look at the carpet to see how much WE owe.
Excuse me, WE?
I'm estimating probably $1000-$1500 to replace it, but then again I know nothing about carpet lol. Anyway, I really do not think Candice & I should have to pay for this carpet. Candice paid a little extra money to have her cat declawed so that it wouldn't add to the problem and I was smart enough to not get a cat of my own lol. We consistently reminded Tina of the damage in the carpet and she just blew it off and said "oh it's fine." And now it's really bad and it's going to be really expensive and she's expecting us to pay for it.
I'm sorry, maybe it's just me, but I don't think that's fair. It was her cat and her fault for letting it get so bad.
She's got a grown-up RN job now. Candice is also an RN, but she agrees that we shouldn't have to pay, either. I'm still making TECH pay. That's $11.53/hr, + shift differential because I work primarily evenings. I probably won't even have my job much longer because my hospital's policy is once you're an RN, you can't work as a tech anymore...not to mention that I still have a WEDDING to pay for. Tina is getting married too, but her wedding won't be until summer of 2012, so she still has awhile. Mine is THIS MAY.
I don't know, am I being selfish about it?
On another side note, it's a nice (sarcasm) wintery mix here in Ohio. Missouri is also supposed to get part of the storm and Eddie told me last night that he was getting a snow day today. My college cancelled classes today. I wish healthcare workers could get snow days lol.
