Discussed.

with disgust and disdain, thoughts on landlords part deux.

The saga continues in our household.

Recently, my husband started working for the city. It’s not interesting, but those benefits are amazing. We can discuss the existential crisis of beating our heads against the wall in boredom for the sake of health care access another day. I simply don’t have the energy right now…

Because in the midst of leaks, and the usual fuckery of renting and maintenance, all of this is still beside the point.

The point, my dears, is that I am at risk for not receiving the aforementioned health benefits because of my landlord. Over a month, we have emailed. Both of us, and still it is radio silence. We’ve explained what’s at stake. Still nothing.

At the end of last year, the building transferred to “month-to-month” leasing but with no real explanation or consistency in receiving a new contract every month.

With all of this in mind, and a month’s time, we have been desperately trying to be on top of things and here we are again at the bottom of a mountain.

We tri…