Tee hee. A buddhist teacher whose e-newsletter I subscribe to must have had a server error and today multiple copies of his latest newsletter started hitting the in-boxes of both subscribers and many non-subscribers. A flood of angry protesting emails ensued - also going in error to all subscribers and many non-subscribers. Followed by a flood of messages, ranging from gently humorous to gratingly sententious, pointing out that this reaction wasn't very buddhist :-) Very diverting on an unpleasantly hot Monday morning.
Overfull. I'm spilling. I keep seeing my children through this, and they are motivating me to really try to work it out.
I'm facing a crisis with the movers. Last thursday night I received a call saying everything had to be out by this weekend or else it would be auctioned or thrown away. As they are well aware, I am awaiting a tax refund which will enable me to catch up on payments - the original amount agreed on, $250./month, not the $450./month they jacked it up to once they had my goods here. With assurance of full retroactive payment, and assurance of being able to pay each month until I figure out housing, I wasn't as worried as I've been.
Well, it turns out they can get $700./month for the storage space my goods are in - triple what I'm paying - and they want the space el pronto.
They decided to let me have everything for a flat $2,000. as long as I move it out (I've paid $5,200. and owe closer to $2,700. more, so that's a bonus). My brother is a supervisor in a transport company and he has a license to drive a 22ft truck & can do it etc., so that's not a problem. Until the government sees fit to fill my bank account with the refund, which will probably be in August, I do not have the funds to move. I spent the greater part of Saturday trying to find a larger basement apartment so that we could move immediately - not sure how I'd finance it, but everything possible had already been rented.
The moving company even decided to let me move my goods without the $2,000., as long as I faxed a promisory note, which I've done.
My brother offered to pay for one more month of storage, which I will pay him back for, of $500. I can little afford it, but if the moving company will accept it, then I will give my current landlord the 30 day notice he requires and simply find a larger apartment - we'll be able to add the storage cost money to our rent.
Of course, what I most want is to "go home." To somehow be able to buy a house, move in, and live out the other half of my life in my own home...
Sigh. You are so good to listen to this tale. I've talked to no-one else about it so far except my children and brother and one close friend.
The self portraits - that painting's been helping to keep me occupied with my hands during this trying time. I am on edge awaiting the response of the moving company to my latest offer - $500. for one month, with a guarantee of moving my goods out Aug 1st., and of a lump sum payment of $2,000. when my refund comes.
There is a woman there, Northern Irish, Patty, who's put herself on the line for me. She doesn't want to see me lose my stuff. She even offered her boss $2,000. out of her own salary if I didn't pay as I've promised to do. I can't bless her enough and I do hope an agreement can be reached with "the boss."
I don't like the way they've suddenly turned on the arrangement we had because they can get triple what I'm paying, but I accept it. I just need a more workable timetable for moving.
Do I feel better for having spilled the entire story? I hope I haven't burdened anyone with my crises...
And then there's the other one, simmering, not sure how to work it out, oh Dale.
The good news is I've been meditating every day - not making it to 20 minutes though; after 15 minutes I want to scream with the pressure I'm feeling. I want to concentrate on resolving this crisis, not still my mind with mantra! Oh, sigh. I have to laugh at myself. Still, I do sit as is my habit of many years...
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Tee hee. A buddhist teacher whose e-newsletter I subscribe to must have had a server error and today multiple copies of his latest newsletter started hitting the in-boxes of both subscribers and many non-subscribers. A flood of angry protesting emails ensued - also going in error to all subscribers and many non-subscribers. Followed by a flood of messages, ranging from gently humorous to gratingly sententious, pointing out that this reaction wasn't very buddhist :-) Very diverting on an unpleasantly hot Monday morning.
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Overfull. I'm spilling. I keep seeing my children through this, and they are motivating me to really try to work it out.
I'm facing a crisis with the movers. Last thursday night I received a call saying everything had to be out by this weekend or else it would be auctioned or thrown away. As they are well aware, I am awaiting a tax refund which will enable me to catch up on payments - the original amount agreed on, $250./month, not the $450./month they jacked it up to once they had my goods here. With assurance of full retroactive payment, and assurance of being able to pay each month until I figure out housing, I wasn't as worried as I've been.
Well, it turns out they can get $700./month for the storage space my goods are in - triple what I'm paying - and they want the space el pronto.
They decided to let me have everything for a flat $2,000. as long as I move it out (I've paid $5,200. and owe closer to $2,700. more, so that's a bonus). My brother is a supervisor in a transport company and he has a license to drive a 22ft truck & can do it etc., so that's not a problem. Until the government sees fit to fill my bank account with the refund, which will probably be in August, I do not have the funds to move. I spent the greater part of Saturday trying to find a larger basement apartment so that we could move immediately - not sure how I'd finance it, but everything possible had already been rented.
The moving company even decided to let me move my goods without the $2,000., as long as I faxed a promisory note, which I've done.
My brother offered to pay for one more month of storage, which I will pay him back for, of $500. I can little afford it, but if the moving company will accept it, then I will give my current landlord the 30 day notice he requires and simply find a larger apartment - we'll be able to add the storage cost money to our rent.
Of course, what I most want is to "go home." To somehow be able to buy a house, move in, and live out the other half of my life in my own home...
Sigh. You are so good to listen to this tale. I've talked to no-one else about it so far except my children and brother and one close friend.
The self portraits - that painting's been helping to keep me occupied with my hands during this trying time. I am on edge awaiting the response of the moving company to my latest offer - $500. for one month, with a guarantee of moving my goods out Aug 1st., and of a lump sum payment of $2,000. when my refund comes.
There is a woman there, Northern Irish, Patty, who's put herself on the line for me. She doesn't want to see me lose my stuff. She even offered her boss $2,000. out of her own salary if I didn't pay as I've promised to do. I can't bless her enough and I do hope an agreement can be reached with "the boss."
I don't like the way they've suddenly turned on the arrangement we had because they can get triple what I'm paying, but I accept it. I just need a more workable timetable for moving.
Do I feel better for having spilled the entire story? I hope I haven't burdened anyone with my crises...
And then there's the other one, simmering, not sure how to work it out, oh Dale.
The good news is I've been meditating every day - not making it to 20 minutes though; after 15 minutes I want to scream with the pressure I'm feeling. I want to concentrate on resolving this crisis, not still my mind with mantra! Oh, sigh. I have to laugh at myself. Still, I do sit as is my habit of many years...
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