Day 14

Day 14 of the new year, Day 2 of being sick, and Day 1 of classes...not great timing, to be honest. I still plan on going to class tonight at 6 pm, I'm just hoping I'm feeling a bit better by then. I need to leave around 4 pm to make sure I have plenty of time to get up there and get to class before it starts, and it is almost 2 pm now...so I don't have much time to feel better. The sore throat, headache, and running nose don't worry me as much as the upset stomach. I figure I'll probably just try to quarantine myself as much as possible and keep quiet...I'm obviously losing my voice, so I don't think the professor will hold it against me. I'd love to skip this class and stay home, but I really shouldn't, even with a perfectly valid excuse. I'm trying to get some laundry done before then, and get the apartment picked up a bit. I also need to work on the reading for my class tomorrow. I couldn't fall asleep last night, so I'm exhausted on top of being sick. Today is just not going great in general. I did finally get my student loan money, so I was able to pay our overdue electric and cable bills, and my Meijer credit card. Maybe I'll finally stop getting phone calls harassing me about it. But apparently we owe "legal fees" on our rent because they've filed for collections with a lawyer...even though we never got an eviction notice and there is no mention of legal fees in our lease. So we're arguing the charges...it is a huge pain in the ass that we're essentially paying an extra $300 to them because our rent is less than 2 weeks overdue...that is like a 40-50% rent increase for paying late, which is insane. If they don't just drop the charges, we'll probably pay it, but this shit is seriously pissing me off. If I didn't hate moving so much, I'd pretty much just say fuck it and head back to Village Green or start looking at houses to rent or something. This place has been really bad at communicating from the get go...so I shouldn't be surprised by these shenanigans. It is just really irritating. Anyway, I have stuff I need to get done, so I'm stopping a bit early today. More tomorrow, hopefully.