New roomie, new house

Oh my gosh! Ever since the last post, the house has a whole different feeling to it. First of all, I will never live with another guy, EVER. Jesse was going to be out of his room on Friday so AP and I could move into his room so the new chick, Erica, could move into our room. This happened, sort of. AP and I had already moved out all of our stuff into the dining room so we could prepare Erica's room in advance of her arrival (this went off without a hitch, everything worked perfectly). Jesse, however, is a total jackass. All he did to move out of his room was remove his things from his room. He did not clean it, vacuum it, or anything at all! When I saw this, I was very, very, angry. I called him on it and asked him if he had to clean his new apartment himself before moving into it. He said no, that would be stupid. Then I asked him why he thinks it's appropriate that he should do nothing upon moving out of his room. He's an idiot. AND...I told him that I was holding his deposit hostage until I get his keys. His ex-Aaryn, also has a key, and I told him that until I get both sets back, he will see none of his deposit money. Hell, between staying in the house an extra 10 day and leaving his room a nightmare, he's barely getting anything back anyway. But he'll find that out when he gets my itemized list of deductions. I am planning on nickel and diming the crap out of his deposit for all the crap he's put both AP and I through over the last year. Little bastard.

On a more positive note, Erica is great and the house is looking really sweet. AP and I rented a carpet cleaner and she cleaned every carpet in the house so now everything is clean and bright and fabulous. On Thursday and Friday, we moved completely out of our old room, cleaned the carpets and painted it. Then we closed it off so the room could dry before Erica's arrival on Saturday. On Friday morning, AP helped Jesse move all of his crap out of the house while I was at work. I was off that afternoon because I had to help ready our new room (paint, clean etc.). We worked our butts off and the room ended up sparkling. Side note: AP got a Hepa-filter vacuum cleaner at a garage sale from some rich people for $1 and all she had to do was spend $3 to replace the worn-out belt, and it purrs like a kitten. It's bagless, and I had to empty the container 4 TIMES when I was vacuuming Jesse's room. It's ONE BEDROOM! Four times! I swear, that boy did not vacuum his room once in two years. It was disgusting. Anyway, while that was happening, and AP was cleaning the carpet in our new room (yay!), I was finishing the living room and setting up the new bathroom stuff. New trash can, new towels, 2 new shelves, doing a massive cleaning overhaul (it wasn't that bad, it gets cleaned regularly), you know, that kind of thing. It looks great. Then, the Comcast guy showed up without two of the cable boxes we requested. He set up everything else, but there was a mess up on the work order. AP was pissed. And rightly so, so she spoke with a supervisor and someone was slated to come out and fix it the next day (Sunday). Then we discovered after the guy left, the he had not given us our On Demand or the Showtime. AP called back AGAIN and spoke with the same lady and she added that to the work order. The guy came yesterday and fixed all the TVs, but then we discovered (after we set up everything around our new garage sale entertainment center), that NOW THE INTERNET DOESN'T WORK. Dear God, help us all. I called the people this time and he said that someone would be out between 7 and 9 A.M. today. I just got a call from AP. It is precisely 9 A.M., and there is no guy. She'll be calling and bitching them out shortly. Again on a positive note, the house is gorgeous. I am so proud of us; we worked our butts off for three solid days and I am so happy with the results. AP and I are a great team.