Where was I...
Oh right. I was going to take my children to the pool at our homeless shelter. It's a terrible picture but honestly, framing pics is not a priority at the moment. Sue me.
Back to February/March
Ok, so I showed you how we got infested; they sprayed the units directly adjacent to us (#'s 3 and 5) without notifying us, so the bugs came to feast upon yours truly. Once we complained they sent us the ShitHole Bug Company to spray our unit. I believe the bedbugs pointed and laughed right at them because there was not one minute of respite. Once again they still only sprayed our unit... therefore, what ended up happening was this:
That's Right, Kids!
All that happened is these asshole bugs moved! They went upstairs, and back into the two apartments that had them to begin with! My slumlords hired the 'big guns', Terminix, who continued to spray one or two units at a time. Effecitively just chasing them around. Which must be GREAT for Terminix! Lookit how much money they must've made! All the while, I'm being literally eaten alive and at some point in here, the bugs move into my kids room.
This is when shit gets REAL, y'all. They are now fucking with my BABIES. My girls are not as sensitive to things as I am and my son, lil B. When the bugs bit me, I got the typical 'rash' looking bites. They bite him and he gets HIVES.
Lawyer Upped, Y'all
Since our landlord had caused our infestation by not notifying us properly and furthermore by not doing a comprehensive spray on the entire building - or at the very least spraying all the adjoining units to the infected units, followed by the hundreds and hundreds (and huuunndreeeddss) of dollars we had to spend washing, tossing and protecting our belongings, we contacted a lawyer. We notified our landlord that we were doing so and gave him the opportunity to make things right; help us with rent or offer to replace what we had to throw away, only to be met by silence.
Two weeks later, our April rent was due and we were late. See above for reasons why. We have been late on our rent in the past (judge if you will) and never had an issue. We'd let our landlord know what was up and they'd accept our rent late with the appropriate late fee. Well... not this time! Nope, we got an eviction notice almost immediately.
Cutty Ass Mofo's
Listen closely, friends, in case you are ever served with an eviction notice in the great state of Califor-ni-a! You'll have five days to respond. I do NOT suggest waiting; get your ass into the courthouse and file an 'Answer'. Go to the Legal Services department; a non profit located inside the courthouse to help plebs like us.
And Then....
We didn't get evicted, in fact, we won our case. We did agree to leave by September 1st, however. That was fine, but what happened next is really what just fucking sent me off the edge.
My husband went out of town and suddenly, lil B got an even MORE awesome rash! It was different! It covered his whole entire body! It was sooo itchy and terrible I had to dose him with adult strength benedryl! (as recommended by the doctor, don't get all hyphy)
I called the city (who had already been to our place), I called our lawyer (who was in another trial) and I told our landlord. The landlord emailed me back and said that they had asked Terminix, who said that this rash 'didn't look like bed bug bites'.
Let that sink in for one, tiny second.
The asshole landlords. Called the bug company. I'm sorry... which of those are a doctor? Which of those were the numerous doctors we had seen because of lil B's reactions? That's right, none of them. I tried to explain to that these weren't bites, that this was lil B's reaction to either the bites or the chemicals they've been spraying. I was met by sneers and silence.
That was on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of that week. Friday I walk outside and can you even GUESS what I saw?? Terminix! Spraying the unit next door! Because this is what happens when you try to chase motherfucking BED BUGS:
B's Rage Quit
I lost my motherfucking mind. I was meaner than I should have been to some and 100% justified in my flaying of others. I had been doing laundry, so I put what had just come out of the dryer (therefore bed bug free) into trash bags, packed my kids into the car and left. We spent the next five days couch hopping thanks to some very dear friends. On the fourth of July, thanks to my mom, we got a suite at this super sweet, long term hotel. It's full of business people and people like us, in between homes or having some kind of calamity. I can't count the number of people here who have water heater damage. Of course, we don't talk about why we're here, we're simply 'in between homes' right now.
In All Seriousness
We're hella blessed. We are so lucky that my mom can and would choose to help us like this. I'm lucky my children are now completely healthy and happy. We've started a new business, one that will be much more lucrative than what we were doing in the past and everything is so lovely here, there is no room to complain. Being as how we are all in one room (with a kitchen!), it does mean that I'm not able to be on Steemit or Discord as much as I'd like. Writing this, today, took me all day, for instance. But I've missed y'all and I hope this helps you understand where the fuck I've been and where I'm currently at.
I'mma be me, and send the love. Oh, but also? FUCK bedbugs and asshole motherfuckers who refuse to take responsibility for their shit.
love! b.
