So, this past week has been one heck of a rollercoaster ride. I’m not typically one who likes to ride rollercoasters, primarily because they’re not my thing. This past week only emphasized that.
The past two days have ended up being the cool down from how much this past week has thrown me for a loop. While I don’t want to go into too much detail, I will say this: I ended up being backed into a corner and implied that I was bluffing about knowing my rights as a tenant. After reaching out to someone to confirm where things actually stood (for me), I ended up calling out their bluff and next thing I know, their backing off. However, it’s left everyone involved in an awkward position and an ‘olive branch’ has been extended from the party that tried to throw me under the bus.
Sitting here, weighing my options, I still have a route that I can take that will still give me some measure if hope that I can still come out on top, but not before it comes with more insinuations that I’m overstepping my boundaries (even though I have confirmation that I am well within my rights).
Overwhelmed doesn’t even begin to cover it. There is so much that needs to be done to bring this situation with the landlord and the tenants upstairs to an end, but it’ll come at a cost. We’ve already paid a steep price with how the narcissist upstairs is choosing to keep his control over the thermostat and trying to keep us freezing (the furnace hasn’t come on at all today and it’s been hovering just above 0°C/32°F all day).
Island of Misfit Mamas 