Christmas Tree Lighting vs. Thanksgiving

Last year we missed out on the Christmas Tree Lighting event because we thought that if we went out to see it, we wouldn’t be able to get back home because the bus transportation here sucks at night. I think the last bus is 9:00pm or something like that. We were bringing hopes for this year because of this move into into the town, which changed within a day, making us stay put in the apartment.

I was thinking this year we should go to see the tree lighting but then we got an invitation from my sister to come see her for Thanksgiving in Connecticut. It was a nice invitation and it is a decision that we have to make either going to the Christmas Tree Lighting or attend to my sister’s Thanksgiving invitation so we are going to see them this year. We just have to miss out the tree lighting this year again, however, there are other events during the holiday season that are probably nice to take a look at and attend.  I will do some researching on any Christmas events for this year.

Change plans on moving

 

We were going to move into the town of Portland but plans changed since I got a call from them asking for money from my Pell grant.  So yes, I am still annoyed at University Of Phoenix for fucking up my plans on moving by taking away some of my Pell grant, $977 to be exact. I still think it is ridiculous for them to take that money away when I am going to receive the last disbursement next month anyway. I’m sick and tired of University Of Phoenix bullshit.  I was really looking forward to moving into town because we could do things in the evenings, but we can’t do it now because I was going to use that $977 toward the moving.  Its really annoying because I am getting this money back this money anyway.  It doesn’t make any sense.  We were so lucky that the management didn’t put the apartment up for rent.  So it was okay.  Then we had to call Housing that we are going to have to stay for now.    This is ridiculous.  Damn University of Phoenix.  We could had been homeless.

The People

  

After examining the people here in Portland Maine, I realized how ignorant they could be. They are very standoffish. Robert was out for his appointment last winter and he got off the bus about a mile away, which means he got off earlier than he suppose to. He was walking and slipped on some ice on the floor and not one person would help him up from the floor. He kept slipping so he had to wait for a 5 minutes until someone actually saw him from the store. She rushed outside and helped him up.

From what I experienced within the year we have been here is that they are nice people, however, they are hard to get to know. They are very standoffish. I guess that's why we don't have any friends here yet.

There are people above us: a mother and daughter. We bumped into the mother in the laundry and we started talking and the mother asked us if we hear anything and I had to let her know that yes we do hear everything up there including here daughter playing the guitar at 2am in the morning. It took me a couple of times to complain not to play the guitar in the middle of the night. During the day she could play as loud as she wants but after 11pm its actually disturbing the peace. I gotten yelled at from Robert that I was being rude banging the stick to the ceiling. I was pissed off. I’m being rude at 2am? What about her upstairs who plays the guitar.

I was so looking forward to living the town but we can't do anything now because of the shitty school that I am attending asking for that money back. So we continue staying here and listen to the bullshit.

I also noticed that the people here are very laid back and do things very slow. My application for DHSS is still pending for benefits since January.

Holiday Job caller

 The holidays are coming up really soon and employers are going to be looking for employees.  I had a phone call today and it was from Time Warner.  The hours weren’t bad but the only thing that was in the way to providing my help to them is having a smart phone.  I only hold a regular cell phone that just makes phone calls and text messages.  Its interesting that you have to have these kind of gadgets in today’s world.  So I couldn’t provide them my services to them.  So I am a little upset.

Hurricane Sandy, Portland, Maine, Spring Ledge Lighthouse

 Hurricane Sandy, Portland, Maine, Spring Ledge Lighthouse

A couple of days ago has been a very bad hurricane which everybody called Hurricane Sandy which turned out to be a tropical storm. We didn’t get as much of the storm as others did such as New York, and New Jersey. We had rain a couple of hours but then turned into very bad winds. I had broadcast it from the apartment in case others were wondering how bad we got it.