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My Current State
Jun. 22nd, 2010 12:03 pmWell, I guess I should say something about what I've been doing for the past week.
Last week my tenancy on the house I was living in for my final year at Southampton Solent University ran out, and I had to move out of the house. I had bought a flight ticket to Tokyo months earlier, to spend a couple of months, and maybe find a job there. Sadly, it was not to be: thanks to my grandma insisting I not book anything until right before I was to leave, and my own pigheadedness, neither of us could afford accommodation in Tokyo.
And then came when I was to leave. I had booked a "Man and a Van Service", who would take me and my things, including my clothes, game consoles, TV and computer, and ship them up to my grandmother's house in Worcester for me for £125. My grandma had booked her "friends" in a local taxi service to come down to Southampton, pick up me and my computer, and drive back to Worcester for £300.
Sadly, the man and a van never came, and I found myself stuffed into a mini-bus like taxi with all belongings, and £300 poorer, followed by my grandma's living room being taken over with all my stuff.
And then I discovered the radiator in my bedroom ruptured sometime around Christmas, covered the carpet and futon with water, and basically destroyed them both with mould by the time I arrived.
Now I'm sleeping in guest houses, desperately trying to claim Jobseeker's Allowance (and having delayed, because of my grandma OF COURSE being my appointee, despite being unable to walk more than two steps without grabbing on to something), finally getting around to doing my TEFL course, and get a flat of my own to be able to set myself free once again.
Preferably, this flat would be inside Southampton...
Last week my tenancy on the house I was living in for my final year at Southampton Solent University ran out, and I had to move out of the house. I had bought a flight ticket to Tokyo months earlier, to spend a couple of months, and maybe find a job there. Sadly, it was not to be: thanks to my grandma insisting I not book anything until right before I was to leave, and my own pigheadedness, neither of us could afford accommodation in Tokyo.
And then came when I was to leave. I had booked a "Man and a Van Service", who would take me and my things, including my clothes, game consoles, TV and computer, and ship them up to my grandmother's house in Worcester for me for £125. My grandma had booked her "friends" in a local taxi service to come down to Southampton, pick up me and my computer, and drive back to Worcester for £300.
Sadly, the man and a van never came, and I found myself stuffed into a mini-bus like taxi with all belongings, and £300 poorer, followed by my grandma's living room being taken over with all my stuff.
And then I discovered the radiator in my bedroom ruptured sometime around Christmas, covered the carpet and futon with water, and basically destroyed them both with mould by the time I arrived.
Now I'm sleeping in guest houses, desperately trying to claim Jobseeker's Allowance (and having delayed, because of my grandma OF COURSE being my appointee, despite being unable to walk more than two steps without grabbing on to something), finally getting around to doing my TEFL course, and get a flat of my own to be able to set myself free once again.
Preferably, this flat would be inside Southampton...
