Not So "Perty"...!

"UGH!"
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Last summer, August to be exact...I had decided to re-locate to a little town...don't know if you have ever heard of it, but it is called Atlanta, Georgia! I am an Artist and a Photographer...a Writer and Poet...but most of all, a Mother! I have a 19 year old daughter who is in college, a 16 year old Autistic son who lives/attends a private school for Autistics in Birmingham, Alabama...and then there is little man...my 5 year old son who is the life and death of me! I am serious! I am a 42y/o single Mom and it takes all I have to keep up with the "little man"...! In case any parents out there are reading this, don't fool yourselves...you are NOT in charge! LMAO! Nope, the little people run the show...nooooo doubt! But, even though my kids are killing me...slowly (*wink*)...I love them, very much!

Anyway, so I decided to take a chance and move...pursue my art...go to graduate school...teach...! And for awhile, it was working!!! I rented my house out in Alabama...I found an AWESOME school for little man...I started working on my website preparing for Graduate School (which I had put off for years)...and, met some amazing people of whom I call friends now...! Yeah...off to a great start! I have been happier these last few months then I have in years! But, unfortunately (due to the economy) things are "tight"...! My budget allows no room for error! Finding jobs in Atlanta are IMPOSSIBLE! So, the "rent" I receive from my tenants basically pays for my living expenses here in Atlanta...pretty simple! I didn't like the idea of being "dependent" financially from complete strangers renting my home, but they seemed like nice people! They had children...one being Autistic! She was a Veterinarian at P%t@o...seemed like a pretty stable situation!!?? So I went for it!!! Well, they bailed!!! My tenants abandoned my home...broke their lease...and did about $3000.00 dollars worth of damage to my home! The very home I raised my children in...the very home I offered to them! I am not only left with a mess to clean up in Alabama, but now I have a mess to figure out here in Atlanta! I can no longer afford to live in Atlanta! My son is going to have to be pulled out of school after making friends and adjusting so well! We are going to have to leave our new home and new life here...! It sux!!! It makes me angry that I trusted someone and they screwed me and my family! It pisses me off that these people have more rights then I do as a Landlord and it infuriates me that I have to hire an attorney and DEFEND myself when I am the VICTIM!!!??? I did nothing wrong...yet I suffer! My family suffers...

Even so...I will do what I have to do! We will be fine because my children have me, and I have my friends who all support us 100%! So...in all actuality, we are lucky! I feel for those who aren't as lucky as we are! Those who have no-one...families who are homeless, right here in the U.S.A...!!! It makes me wonder when I see someone on the side of the road, holding a cardboard sign, what their story is??? Who did they once trust??? Who do they have in their lives???

The "Domino Effect"...where one thing happens causing MANY things to happen...back to back! So, when I think of this "effect"...I think of my 5 y/o playing with dominoes and how he creates a circle with them and watches them as they fall! They ALWAYS stop where they started but with more force...sounds like Karma to me! I am not one to wish for bad things to happen to people who do bad things, but I do believe that what goes around comes around and I feel sorry for those who don't! I wish this family the best! I truly do...

So...did I reeeeally have to post the pic of the soiled toilet they left for me to deal with? YES! The toilet should leave you feeling exactly how I felt when I walked into my home... disgusted!