I got a check from the insurance company

The insurance company called me today and told me that my check was ready. I went to their office by my bike, and I got my check.

Hopefully, their office was very close to my home, and it just took me 30 minutes to get there. The office was clean and beautiful.

Candy

I called Time Warner Cable to cancel my services today. The person who answered a phone was a girl. She was laughing all the time during our conversation.

Me: I am going to cancel my service.
She: Why? You break my heart if you do that. I can transfer it to your new address.
Me: Unfortunately, I rented a room in a house, and it has its own service.
...
She: By the way, I am Candy.
Me: Candy? you mean sweet! :)
She: Ohhhh, don't be bad Woody.
Me: Oh, I just wanted to make sure that I heard it correctly.
She: OK. I take it as a compliment. It is my nickname.
...

I laughed after hanging up the phone for 15 minutes. It was very very funny. "Candy?!" I knew that "sweet" had a kind of sexual connotation, but I didn't have any intention to use it. I really wanted to know whether I heard it correctly or not because it was the first time that I heard a girl's name was candy.

Honestly, I liked her and her voice, and the way she was laughing all the time, and I wanted to ask her for going out, but I didn't do that. Maybe because I thought that she was ugly, or she lived far from me and I don't have a car, or I go to a travel next week. By the way, I never called her again.

I went with the first home

I called the owner of the second home today and he told me that he couldn't meet until weekend. I couldn't wait until then because I had a plan to go to Los Angeles, and I needed to fix a place soon. So, I decided not to go with the second home, and stay in the first one. It made me very happy because now I now where I am going to live.

Now, we need a name for the girl who lives there. Let's call her "Raina". I can't wait to live there.

Another room

I was searching to find the ad that I saw another ad. That ad was belonged to another family that was posted more than one month ago. I had seen that ad before, and I really liked that room, and I wanted to take it; however, I didn't call them because of several reasons. First, the ad was not updated for more than one month. Second, they wrote that they preferred a female student, and third, they wrote that they spoke some Mandarin language, and I thought that they might be Chinese people, and it can't help me to know the American culture. But I suddenly noticed that the ad was updated today before I went to see that room, and some more information was added to it.

This room was located in the same neighborhood and closer to my school. It also had a maid service every month to clean the room and the bathroom. In addition, It came with an optional parking. The house was much more bigger than the other one that I saw today. They had a game room with 60" TV. More importantly, they had a large backyard with pool in it that some ducks came there every summer to lay eggs. It was also 25$ cheaper than the other place that I saw today.

I showed both ads to Martin, and Martin said that the second one was better. I told Martin that I already took the first one, but he told me that it was better to cancel that and took this one. Finally, I decided to contact the home owner. Hopefully, he answered soon, and he told me that there are some other applicants for that room whom are willing to rent it sooner than me. However, he would liked to consider my case since I was a TA, and had a more stable income. I got his name, and I searched in the Internet to find out more about the homeowner. 

I was chatting to Martin when I was searching about him. Martin said many funny things. He said, "They didn't have a boy, do they will love you. You can also marry her daughter and live with them!" "No way! I don't want to become a Chinese!" I said. "I can't go there anymore." I told Martin. "Why?" Martin asked.  "Her daughter is beautiful, and I think that I like her! OMG, look at this YouTube clip. I had told you that his father looked very funny." I said. "Ha ha ha ha. How did you find it?" Martin asked. "I just searched the Internet." I said.

It is kind of awesome. I figured out that he had a two daughters who were studying in other states, and that's why he preferred to get a female student. Her younger daughter was beautiful, but she was studying in Houston. She also had a very beautiful friend, but her friend was also living in Houston. The father was a very fun person. I understood it from his face only, but when I saw his YouTube clip, I became certain about it. It was a funny clip that he made himself after her daughters left him to  study in a collage.

In one hand, I could go to the first room that I saw today, and that beautiful girl. On the other hand, I could try to get the other room that I liked before, and had many more benefits.

A conversation with Martin after that

When I came back home, Martin called me.
Martin: "What did you do for your apartment."
Me: "I need to move out this week."
Martin: "So, what are you going to do after that?"
Me: "Do you remember that house that I showed you a few weeks ago when you were still my roommate? I am talking about that one that was far from the university and that guy who was divorced and had a daughter. I showed you their picture and their ad in the Internet."
Martin: "Yes. Are you going to go there?"
Me: "No. Do you remember that we walked together in a neighborhood near the university two weeks ago, and I told you that it was a very nice neighborhood?"
Martin: "Yes. What did you do?"
Me: "I got a room in that neighborhood with a man who was divorced and had a daughter."
Martin: "Really? When?" (We had a conversation yesterday, and I had told him that I needed to rent a room as soon as possible)
Me: "Just two hours ago!"
Martin: "How was it? Do you have any picture of it?"
Me: "I forgot to take a picture there. Oh, wait. I can show you his ad, and it has pictures."

I saw my new home today

It has been a while that I was searching for a room or apartment. I had found several rooms far from the university when I had a car. However, I couldn't rent any of them after this accident happened. Therefore, I searched for another room near the school. There were not many options there. In fact, there was only one room near my school. So, I decided to go and see it today.

It was a room in a big house. It had its own bed and furniture. The rent was not cheap (700$), but I could afford it. It was located in one of the most beautiful neighborhoods. When I was visiting the area, I was very willing to live in that area. A few days ago, someone had been murdered in an apartment near my current place of living, and I really needed to move to a safer place.

The homeowner was a 40 years old man. He was an American who divorced a few years ago. His home was relatively clean, and I noticed that he walked with his bare foot on the carpet.



We talked a little, then we went to see the room. When we were walking to the room, I saw a 7-8 years old girl who was sitting in another room and was watching TV. I couldn't see her face, but she was sitting very cutely. She didn't look back to see me. "No way! He has a daughter? I can't believe it. It is awesome. I love it,"  I thought to myself.

The room was messy because the other person who was living there was messy. I really didn't care about the room because I just needed a place to sleep. The only thing that was important for me was the person whom I was going to live with him. Then, we sat in the living room, and we talked about ourselves. I talked about the university and my previous apartment. He talked about his job, and his current roommate. I asked him about his daughter, and he told me, "she is here every weekend, but she lives with her mother on weekdays." We were talking about her that she came to the living room. I just saw her for a moment, in her very beautiful pink dress. She was like a pretty princess or angel. I shacked my hands to say hello, and she shacked her hand and leaved there very soon. I thought that she was very shy that she didn't come to the living room.

I couldn't believe that I can be a home-mate with such a beautiful girl. So, I decided to finish the job, and I said to him that I wanted the room. He asked me whether I would like to think about it, and I said no. Therefore, I will stay with them for the next year.

Homeless, Carless, Officeless, TaylorLess,...

I need to move out of my apartment this week, and I don't have any other place yet; so, I am homeless. I lost my car recently in an accident, and I didn't have rental services on my insurance policy; so, I am carless! In addition, I returned my office key to the university because they asked me to do that. Our department has hired several more faculties, and they are relocating the offices; so, I became Officeless.

And it is almost all my life that I am Taylorless! I miss her all the time, but I don't know whom I miss. It is even worse. It seems that my life came to the end in less than a few weeks.