So, at 3pm I called the landlord on her cell phone (she had told me to). No answer, I left a message. Then I called her cell and home phone at 3:15pm, cell at 3:30pm, and 4pm. No answer. What a shitty landlord she would be if a tenant or possible tenant can't even contact her. I was looking online for other apartments and nothing new is there. I don't know what I'm going to do. I really don't want our quality of living to go down and have to live in a shit hole to have Gizmo. This is ridiculous!! I am so frustrated. I don't want to have to hide Gizmo all the time just to live in a decent apartment. Sam and I went out to dinner at Smitty's tonight and he bought his father a retirement present and card. So the evening was nice, but the day very disappointing. Wish me luck in my search for an apartment, I'll need it!:(

I called that landlord and set up an appointment to see the apartment on Friday. The lady told me that she would have to get ahold of the current tenants and set it up, just call her at 3pm on Friday to double check that our appointment is still on for 5pm. It was really hard to get in touch with her. She works days and into the evening and I work evenings. I was just talking to Pat and I guess that an apartment downstairs brought a dog to stay with them without even asking her. So, she wants Gizmo to go to Saint John for a week or two. That will work out ok I think b/c we are going to sj this weekend and then mom and Richard are coming up a week later for my graduation. The other day the girl upstairs who has a dog, but keeps it indoors all the time was outside with her dog (which is a little bigger than Gizmo) and Gizmo went over to introduce herself and the other dog was terrified of her! It was making sounds and sticking close to the owner. This dog is almost a year old and Gizmo is the first dog it had ever seen!! She keeps it locked in the apartment all the time and litter trained the dog. I hope this apartment is a decent size, its a one bedroom again. We wanted a two bedroom, but Gizmo limits what we can get. This is the only landlord, in the entire city, that will allow small animals. I told her I have a little dog. Well there was another landlord, but the apartments were quite a bit more expensive and you had to get tenant insurance as well. Anyway gotta get something to eat. Write later.

I just noticed that I haven't posted in a week and figured that it was time to do so. I have been so lazy this last week!! I mean ridiculously lazy, well I cleaned, but it's so weird to have no committments other than work. I don't have to read boring articles that I'm not interested in, no writing essays. It's great! So, Sam and I are going to Saint John this coming Saturday for his dad's retirement party. I'm not to sure what else our visit will consist of, but it should be interesting. I'm not really looking to hard for another job. I don't think anything decent will be available until August or September anyway. I did apply for the Federal student work experience program, so maybe something will come of that. I work enough to pay the bills and have some spending money and it's working out well enough. Working at connect is really felxible too. I can pick up as many hours as I want and only "have" to be there twice a week and every other Saturday. I worked it so that I can leave at 3pm on Saturday to go to Saint John. My supervisor said it was fine as long as I made up the 3 hours, which I had on last Wednesday. I may have found an apartment downtown on Aberdeen street for September that will allow Gizmo. I talked to the landlord, Ms Phil Williams, a couple of times. I'm pretty sure the apartment is available for September, which would work out really well. It is less than what we are paying here, I hope it's not tiny. I still have to call and set up an appointment to go see it. The only thing is that it is a 12 month lease again, and I really didn't want to have to be stuck in a place. Oh well, having Gizmo limits my options. Jackie was talking to the landlord of the apartments down the street and I'm unsure of exactly what he told her, something about hiding the fact that we have a dog. I don't want to get evicted from a place though.I don't think that would be very good. I'll ask her later when I see her. Well, I'm going to go get showered and dressed......:)

So, we went to see the apartment toda at 2pm, I had made the appointment on Friday. We walked throught the hail to get there and when we arrived and knocked on all the apartment doors looking for Ryan, he was no where to be found. Thankfully Sam had his cell phone and we had brought his number. We called and told him we were outside the building for our appointment and he said that he had already rented the apartment and just forgot to call and tell us. So there we were, in the hail, not very happy. We walked to STU to hand in my last assignment, got a cofffee and then took a cab to Smitty's. Sam treated us to lunch and then we hung out and went to the pet section of Walmart. It was good, I needed some pine shavings for the bunny and some dog food for Gizmo. I'm done school!! All done. If I don't want to get up until 12pm tomorrow or later, I don't have to! I work tomorrow, but don't have to catch the bus until 3:58pm. I really wish there was some job placement programs or a job placement type of thing for graduates at STU. There is nothing to help the graduates find a job. Hopefully some stuff will become available in May or June. I don't know what we are going to do about apartments. Landlords in this city are completely against tenants with pets, especially dogs. I don't want to live in a dump to have Gizmo. I have to give my notice for this place June 1st/07 and I was hoping to have found a place before I give my notice. Oh well I still have all of May to find a place. I'll just have to walk around and look for signs that say apartment for rent, I'd like to stay in this area, we're close to everything. Wish me Luck....

I only have one more thing due tomorrow and then I'm DONE!!! Done writing stupid research papers that no one cares about 5 seconds after you hand then into your professor (who doesn't ever appreciate how much work you put into it, or how vague their instructions were). No more sitting through lectures and taking multiple pages of notes. No more!! Ahhh......I can just imagine it now...sitting around after work (whereever that may be) and doing nothing, that's right nothing, because you can finish whatever needs to be done at work the next day. hmmm....I clean when I procrastinate....I wonder...when I don't have assignments to procrastinate doing....what will I do? We are going to look at a 2 bedroom apartment tomorrow at 2pm. I'm not getting my hopes up at all this time. It's available for July 1st, so we'd have to tell Pat right away if we were to take it, so that we could all try and find someone. But she said she has people calling about 1 bedrooms already and it's easier to rent for July. The landlord sounded pretty laid back about me having Gizmo too. I asked about the apartment and then asked him what his policy was on pets, dogs specifically. He said that they were allowed as long as they weren't loud. When I told him I had a little shitzu he laughed and said that it was fine. Jackie is moving July 1st as well. She and Mike are going to get a two bedroom in the same building, possibly on the same floor, so moving won't be to much hassle. I wrote my assignment all day today and I think it turned out pretty well, this professor wasn't as vague as the others. I got up at 9am this morning for some crazy reason, I don't know why, I could've slept in. Now I'm getting kinda tired...yawn...I think I'll take a nap, maybe....I would like some ice cream though...hmmm

The apartment was, well.....a basement apartment. I knew that it was, but I kinda forgot what that meant. Well, it meant that it was very chopped up. The bathroom was tiny, only having a shower stall, which was o.k cause I don't take baths, but it was ridiculously tiny. The first bedroom was off of the kitchen and had no closet and was not very big. The second bedroom was small, but had a closet and the kitchen was really tiny. I don't know if I've ever mentioned this before, but I have a really bad fear of falling down stairs. I'm pretty sure that's the way that my life will end, me & a set of steep stairs. So, my point is, this apartment had the Steepest stairs in the World, and seeing how I foresee my death involving stairs, I'm not put steep ones into my life any earlier than need be. So that didn't work out, BUT I was looking online today (even though I told mom I wouldn't) and I seen a 2 bedroom apartment available for July 1st, so I called and the guy said he was o.k with a small dog. We are going to go see it on Monday, it's only a block away from where we live now. It's on regent, which is not ideal, but having a Gizmo limits my options, so I can't be to picky about location. As long as it's on the Southside. OH!! I had my gerontology exam this morning and I think I did really well, I'm feeling confident. I got done in 45mins. There were people who got done before me too. The midterm was ridiculously hard and no one did well, so I think she made the final easier to bring the class gpa up. It was multiple choice, true/false, and fill in the blank!! No short answer questions or anything!! Woohoo!! I also finished typing up my sociology of religion final that is due tomorrow, so that'll be done. After that I just have to write my development issues final paper and I'll be done with University!! The job market in this city blows! I am really going to have to do some serious job hunting. I'll stay at Connect for now, while I'm searching, but I do not want to work in a call center for the rest of my life, blah!! Anyway gotta get ready for work....

I was looking at the information board at school the other day and seen an apartment that is available for September 2007.I called about it, cause there wasn't much information on the sign. It is a 2 bedroom, heat and cable included 630$ month. It is right on Montgomery street, which is only a block away from where we live now. That's less than what we are paying for this 1 bedroom. It is a basement apartment, but heat is included so I'm not to concerned about it. I think the woman said that her and her boyfriend live upstairs, so I think it's the whole bottom floor of a house. She said that they don't allow pets, but I told her that I had a little dog, who had been to an obediance school (puppy playschool), has all of her needles and is quiet. She said that they would want to meet Gizmo before they decided, which is great, cause everyone likes her when they meet her. I hope it's an actual two bedroom apartment, with doors and everything, not just area's curtained off. I hope I'm not setting my expectations to high (dripping with sarcasm). It would relieve alot of stress if this apartment turns out to be nice. I could then give Pat my notice and know where we are going to be living. Mom was going to come up today, but the weather foiled our plans, she said she will come up tomorrow if the weather is better. That would work out even better, because she would be able to drive Sam, Gizmo and I down to see the apartment tomorrow at 2pm. That way Gizmo wouldn't get wet and would be looking (and smelling) her best. I had my last class this morning!! I am almost completely finished my time at university, I am so excited! I have two big assignments due on Tuesday, one written exam on Thursday the 12, and one takehome due on Friday (the 13, hmm...). My graduation is May 7th/07!! I am so excited to be done school, wondering what I'll do for work, but I applied for a wack of government stuff for recent graduates. I worked yesterday instead of today (because mom was coming up) and I think my supervisor tried to work it so that I could get paid for Friday. It would be nice, but I didn't expect it either way, so it doesn't really make a difference to me. It was nice of her to try though. I gotta do some cleaning, write later...