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I'm down another pound, which is actually surprising. I haven't been eating well this week, though I haven't gone completely crazy either. I've been so busy with moving that I haven't been tracking my calories, and I've only got maybe one good workout in so far this week. The only thing I can figure is that being really, REALLY pissed off burns calories. I've done plenty of that lately.
So... a little explaining:
I've been working on remodeling the house I've moved into with my stepdad for six months or more now. It has been (and still is) an amazingly arduous process. Well, my amigo was in an apartment and we had talked for a while about being roommates. His lease was up three months ago, and while the master bed & bath weren't near finished (and still aren't), the other parts of the house were. So I let him set up shop in one of the bedrooms, and he has been living there with his girlfriend and two dogs since. Fast forward to this Sunday... I move in. Now, I knew they weren't the cleanest of people, but there was just no excuse for how the place had been "taken care" of. In the three months they were there, they NEVER vacuumed, swept, or mopped anything. ANYTHING! Which might not be earth shattering horrible for people that are generally tidy without dogs, but they are beyond messy. They are somewhere between gross and f***ing disgusting. I am still kind of in shock, and I'm not sure how to handle this. This guy has been my friend for five years, but I'm not sure if that's going to last once I confront them about all this. I'm incredibly pissed off at them that they have put me in this situation of being an a**hole within a week of being there. If things go as planned then we'll be having that little talk tonight. Who knows what happens after that.
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214.0 lb
Lost so far: 51.0 lb.
Still to go: 29.0 lb.
Diet followed poorly.
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losing 1.4 lb a week
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Well..they should disrespect your house, either. Good luck with the talk. Try to stay cool.
04 Feb 09 by member: DLAndrews
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OOOPS! I meant they shouldn't disrespect your house. Sorry
04 Feb 09 by member: DLAndrews
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LOL! I know, it just puts me in a weird position. It's my friend and I'm having to act more like his parent. It's just odd.
04 Feb 09 by member: Divided By Zero
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Let me know if you give them a time out. LOL
04 Feb 09 by member: DLAndrews
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Reminds me of a joke... "Time out! What is time out? I'll tell you about 'time out'. My mom used to take time out of her busy day to whoop my a**!"
04 Feb 09 by member: Divided By Zero
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:) You will get through, will be rough, though, no doubt!
04 Feb 09 by member: Simavision
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Wow. I was in the same situation a few years ago. Let my friend and her boyfriend move into my one bedroom apartment when they got evicted. They are filthy, filthy people. I had to kick them out because I couldn't take it, and neither was working, so I couldn't afford it either. I'm sorry you have to be a d*ck to your friend. But he should have known you wouldn't be okay with it.
04 Feb 09 by member: Starladesiree
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Unless something changes dramatically, it's looking like this will play out the same way. What's really driving me nuts is that he claimed to be a neat freak before moving in. He and his girlfriend have part time jobs, so they are home more than I am. In the short time that I've been there I've barely had time to do anything but clean up after them and it got old real fast. I haven't had a weekend (barring holidays) in six months. I work M-F and then on the weekends I work on remodeling the house. Cleaning up after someone else at this point is like taking on a 3rd job.
04 Feb 09 by member: Divided By Zero
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Aww. That really sucks! You can sick me on them if you want. I'm mean. Haha.
04 Feb 09 by member: Starladesiree
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That sucks! My advice is to wait until you cool off a bit. Don't say anything in anger because you don't want to make yourself look bad when THEY are the ones in error. Stay cool. If I were you I would say something along the lines of: "so now that I'm living here we need to set up some ground rules. The state of this house is not acceptable and I expect both of you to clean it completely before we set up a cleaning schedule and chore rotation. I will not clean up after your animal but all the other chores will be split evenly between the three of us. If you don't like this, then you will need to look for another place because I don't have time to clean up after you." You might also mention raising the rent for "cleaning fees" if they don't do it. Basically turn the responsibility completely on them, don't think of yourself being a "jerk" because your friend is the one that is being disrespectful. You are not his mommy and his mommy doesn't live there. I don't know if his girlfriend moving in was part of the original deal, but if it wasn't, then you should charge them extra for her because an extra person costs more electricity and water. Either way she should be helping to clean too. Put your foot down and make sure you don't get taken advantage of. You aren't the jerk here. Sick me on them too!!!!
04 Feb 09 by member: sararay
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I knew she was going to be moving in with him. I figure that rent will be split in half even though there is 3 people because they are in the same room. The bills are going to have to be split 3 ways. Otherwise I get screwed. And thank you... I might steal a few sentences word for word from you just to keep from screaming.
04 Feb 09 by member: Divided By Zero
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Go get 'em DBZ! Hate to hear about the situation but I know from my recent past that a bad roommate situation gets out of hand in a flash. I finally had to toss mine out and I lost a friend that I thought would be in my life forever. I don't envy you but it is YOUR PLACE - don't let them trash it - you worked SO DAMN HARD to get it fixed up!!!! I ended up having my only piece of living room furniture (my couch) trashed and now I don't even have a place to sit - a BARE living room! I suggest that they pay to have a cleaning agency come in once a week and that will take care of the problem - you DON'T have time to clean up after them and that way would absolutely take care of the issue! Don't let all your hard work go for nothing - you will regret it and the friendship will definitely be history. And split EVERYTHING 3 ways - just a suggestion from someone who has been there - including having the girlfriend move in!!!! GOOD LUCK!!!!
04 Feb 09 by member: nikeit
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