THE SUMMER OF HELL

THE SUMMER OF HELL : Another move is in the Future  by Lois M. Valentin


 As some of you know, I had to move AGAIN at the beginning of summer. The reasons why are plentiful but private. The chaos of moving went from 2 weeks to almost the entire summer. Storage units . Hotel rooms. hotel rooms with AC.  Beds, Floors. The car in  90 degree weather. Fire drills. Lockouts.  Sharing. Perseverance. Both communication and non-communication. Survivalists. Goals. Brainstorms. Anger. Hopefulness vs hopelessness. Tears and comfort.. Prayers. Lack of money. Bathrooms. Hand can openers. Microwave. Wi-Fi. Coffeemaker. Libraries. Laundry .

New Apt. Yard filled with garbage. Garbage cleaned up. Needed to get own garbage barrels because none were supplied. Some neighbors still haven't, so it seems.

Neighbors. Children. Bikes. Dogs and cats. Parents in building sitting on porch.  Ahh! The sound of life.

The power goes out a lot and the smoke alarm goes on a lot. . The landlord said to my face that there has never been a problem with the electricity here.

Now it is Sept. A neighbor is moving out. Electric company was going to shut my electricity off for nonpayment yet all my bills are payed 100% up to date. What the heck was going on?

A neighbor has lived here 3 months and has never received a bill.

A MAJOR SNAG. My acct is connected to a meter which was labeled on the outside wrong. The meter itself is connected to another apt. The actual apt # , my address was listed in the company's data as being another apt in the front.   A loop check was done of all apts. No one's acct, address, meter or labeling were correct. A total mishmash of errors by whoever.  Now the waiting game. Waiting for the worker's system data to get into the company's data- then watch for the bills. A meter reading had been previously scheduled for a few days after.  The worker said it would take 24 hrs to get through the system and they might scrap that month's bill and start fresh from that date. The person at the company's phone said it doesn't work that way. It might take months. And yes, we will have to pay the bills- even though the meters had been  associated with someone else's apt.

We either will get the same, lower or higher bills.  Any bets on what I will get?

Until next time.

Lois