After the happy post, the obligatory downer

[mousme]

Reason 76,482 why Phnee's life sucks:

My Idiot!Landlord has struck again. Hydro Québec called today and told me that if I didn't produce $800 by the end of the day they'd cut off my power.

So I scraped together $500 from what was supposed to be my rent money (the Idiot!Landlord will just have to wait for his cheque since he's the one who didn't let me know about the Hydro bills until now), and promised them my soul if I hadn't paid the balance off by Monday.

So now I need almost $300 that I don't have before Monday. Whee!


I called my bank to cash in my GIC, but the maturity date isn't before August 25th, so I'm screwed until then.

I found my paintball mask, but the boots are missing. Two pairs of boots, actually, which I now realise I haven't seen in over three months, ever since my mother came and helpfully cleaned part of my apartment.

I can't afford a new pair of boots, obviously.

I can't even afford gas for the car.

So unless I can miraculously come up with some kind of cash before Friday, Bigfoot ain't gonna happen.

Have I mentioned how much this sucks?

:::ETA::: This post is also a palindrome. 1001 posts. Yee!

Comments

Suggestions...

[fearsclave.livejournal.com]

You could try and see whether your bank will float you a short-term personal loan backed by the GIC; you'd pay a bit of interest, but you'd get funded sooner. If you have a credit card or two, you can do a cash advance on the card(s) and then use the GIC once it matures to pay it back.

As for the boots, would suggest calling your mother and seeing whether she remembers them, and barring that, looking some more; I guarantee you'll be in the last place you look. I doubt that you threw them out.

Re: Suggestions...

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Not sure how quickly I can get a short-term loan, but is worth looking into. Will do that tomorrow morning.

Have only one credit card, and it is very very unhappy with me right now.

Have called my mother, who swears she put the boots in a bag in my closet (no such animal), so I'll look some more. Will in fact be tidying my apartment as much as possible tonight in the hopes of locating the boots.

Thanks for the suggestions. :)

Am currently harassing the Financial Services department at UQAM so they spit out my paycheque, damn them.