So... where to begin...
I haven't updated my blog in forever... mainly because I have had so much going on.
I finally moved out on my own on October 5th. I moved into a one bedroom apartment on Pelham Rd. I loved it... well most of it. The guy who lived below me smoked and i could smell it up through the floors. He'd also played really loud music late at night. I was a little lonely so I got a 12 week old beagle puppy named Gracie. She's so precious and beautiful.
A couple weeks after I moved into my apartment, I was driving home from work on I-85 and had a wreck. It was raining and the car in front of me stopped all of a sudden and I ran into it. Since my car was so old, we didn't have collision insurance on it so I was going to have to pay at least $2500 worth of repairs. The car wasn't worth that much so I bought a new car. It's a 2004 silver Kia Optima. I got a really good deal on it too. I LOVE it!
Onto the the next big trial in my life...
On November 4th, my life was changed while I was walking into my apartment. I was on my way back from my parents' house. I had my hands full and my puppy on her leash beside me. While I was unlocking my door, two black men ran up behind me and said "Give me your money!" That's right... I was robbed and to top it off, it was at gunpoint. After they told me to give them my money, I lied and said that I didn't have any. The guy then said "Give me your pocketbook." I gave him my pocketbook and they both ran off. I went in my apartment and freaked out. I called my parents and they told me to call 911. The policeman arrived about 15 minutes after I got robbed. In those 15 minutes, the robbers had already robbed another apartment complex. (As of last week, there have been about 14 robberies in Greenville county by the same robbers. My robbery was the first.) In my pocketbook I had $350 dollars, my ID and credit cards, checks, social security card, my digital camera and my ipod. I had so much money on me because I had just gotten paid $300 dollars that morning for my old car. I was totally devastated and pretty much still am. I've met up with the investigator and he said they put out a warrant for the arrest of one guy. They think he's involved. We'll see what happens.
Next...
Let's see... The day after I was robbed I called the apartment manager to tell her what had happened. She was sooo sympathetic and apologetic. I told her that I was planning on moving out and she said that would be fine. She said I could break the lease and she would pro-rate my rent since I had just paid a month of rent 4 days earlier. I was pretty happy about that because I did not want to live there anymore. I don't feel safe there and now the robbers know where I live. This past weekend my parents, my brother, and our friend Brian moved almost everything out of my apartment while I was working. On Sunday, we moved the rest of my stuff out with plans to break the lease on Monday. After work on Monday I went up to the apartment office and planned on cancelling my lease. The property manager informed me that she's no longer going to let me break the lease and won't pro-rate my rent. In order to break my lease, I now have to pay $485. Her reasoning is that since other places have been robbed I could have gotten robbed anywhere. She said I should be fine now because the police are going to drive through the complex "every once in a while." I was robbed for crying out loud. I don't feel safe there. I then told her I had moved all of my stuff out and she said well I could just pay her $485. I said I'd get back to her. As I was leaving she said "Tell your parents I said hello and have a happy thanksgiving." I said "yeah, whatever." So now we're looking for a good lawyer. Any ideas?
So I've had a lot of ups and downs these past few weeks. I need a lot of prayer... desperately. I hope everything turns around soon.
Happy Thanksgiving!
By His Grace.
