Homelife Update

My “guests” have again left for the day. They have, of course, not responded to my demands that they move out of my house.

Last night while I was working on my eBay business, Brian walked from the bedroom into the kitchen. When I finished my work, I went into the kitchen and was accosted by a strange smell. My first thought was, What did he cook? Then I detected gas filling the room from the left front burner on my stove! Had I not been up—or had I not entered the kitchen—there is a good possibility that we would all be dead by now! I knocked on the door and confronted Brian. Of course, he denied turning on the stove. Neither he nor Stephanie expressed any concern about the potential tragedy.

This morning I heard from Tiffany, the woman I have hired to help me clean my house. She had become so upset with the behavior of Stephanie and Brian that on her own she talked with a friend of hers who is a legal secretary, who in turn talked to her boss. Tiffany informed me of her contact this morning and told me that the secretary reported to her that I could get Stephanie and Brian to move out, but that it would cost me $150.00 in legal fees plus Sheriff’s fees to do so. I really can’t afford that expense.

I have retrieved some of my most important property from my spare bedroom, including my Bose radio/CD player that Stephanie and Brian had taken in there without my permission. I have also emailed an old college chum who is a circuit court judge in a Kentucky county southwest of Cincinnati. I hope that he can provide me with some options.

On a lighter note (I think), I could not find Alex yesterday morning. I was certain I had not let him outside. I called him and he didn’t come, yet I kept thinking that I heard his voice. Then I heard scratching coming from my kitchen. I opened every drawer and cabinet and finally found Alex inside the bottom section of my built-in cupboard. I have no idea how he got there. The male kitten, Toby, who disappeared a few days ago, has returned. I wonder if Toby might have shut the cupboard doors on Alex after my inquisitive cat wandered in to explore what foodstuffs were there?