Just a bit of background on how we ended up living in Wisconsin and having two homes. My husband worked for the BNSF Railroad for 17 years and then about 2 1/2 years ago; he lost the job. It was a union job so the wages and benefits were substantial. After being unemployed for 1 1/2 years, he obtained a new railroad job that was non union but did get him back into the railroad retirement system. It is a Minnesota based company that has a Northern WI line so about a year ago, he began working for them out of Chippewa Falls. He would work there all week and come home on weekends. Ultimately, I had a gut feeling that this was no way to live and since my children were grown, and my parents were no longer living, we didn't belong in Alexandria any more. We put our Alexandria home up for sale and bought a house in Wisconsin and moved here in November 2011. In June of this year we rented our Alexandria home which gave us some financial breathing room; a lease was signed until the end of 2012.
This past Friday I decided to contact the lady living in the house because the August rent check had not arrived. She responded by stating in her e-mail: "He threw me out in July so he could move in his pregnant girlfriend, so contact him." This may not seem so unusual except for the fact that she had lived in Arizona her entire life, and he moved her here (and all her stuff) in June. They were engaged and planned a Hawaiian wedding. I stopped there early July to get more of our things, and nothing seemed amiss at that time. So to get this news along with the fact that no rent check has been received was very unnerving. It really shook my confidence in humanity and made me briefly question my recent decision to follow my dreams.
We will deal further with it this coming week, but in the meantime I am feeling more grounded again and intend to continue on my path and not let this type of person have power over me.
He has caused enough damage to this poor woman and who knows how much damage he will cause the current woman; I do not need to be included in his toll.
What I learned today: It is nothing from history or philosophy; it is that there are many unhealthy people in this world. Alot of things are not what they seem.
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