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Well, my story to tell
🕑 Added 2021-09-24 13:43:43 +0000 UTCUfff, finally I found some time. Thanks for your all messages. :) I appreciate your support and patience.
So, yeah, there's a story I want to share. I don't like excuses, so I didn't want to tell it before I could come back to you with - even small - content. And I didn't write new posts about the lack of progress, because I didn't want to irritate you with new posts without this content.
But yeah, I'm still alive and I'm determined to finish the project. :)
Those months were hard for me. Now the whole story is quite simple and short, yet it was really stressful. Let's start that I inherited the apartment from my grandfather, who passed away last April. It changed a lot of my plans, as I planned to live in the other city with my fiancee (now wife), but after my grandfather's death, we decided that we would live in my city. Covid times aren't good for renovation - the price of the construction material is clear madness, and finding a trusted team is a challenge. And, of course, I have my own Sackville Baggins, who aren't happy about my grandfather's will.
My uncle and his wife hate me. They ruled over my family and nobody confronted him until I was 18 and I told them to fuck off. There's no bad thing they wouldn't accuse me of those twelve years I looked after my grandparents. So I was a thief, I frauded the documents, I was a jobless parasite (when I was working and studying), and yet I had to be a homosexual as I had a male roommate (homosexuality is the worst crime for them I think). You can imagine the Dursleys that meet in court with Harry Potter - it's not so far from my personal experiences. And, as they are people who always talk and never act, they just disagree with every single move I did to end the case. So, I did two things that could be done in Poland in such cases. I changed the locks and I hired the lawyer, ready to spend in court around 5 years. But still, even if I will have to pay them some money for using the apartment, I have a place to live in with my wife. Two days ago (almost 1.5 years after my grandfather's death) was the first court session. It's a big relief to me that it's already started.
But the renovation was a challenge. I waited six months to change the wires (they weren't changed since 1948), and then there was this crew... They were recommended by my father's friend. But it turned out that the chief of this crew argued with his workers and co-workers because he didn't pay them. So he hired the other people and (plot twist) didn't pay them also. So, after two months and $5000 spent I had a ruin, not an apartment. And it was in Spring when I was preparing for my wedding.
The nightmare went on after my honeymoon. I threatened and swore a lot, and I didn't pay for material. I told my father's friend about this situation and the chief of the crew was scared that he would lose the other jobs (the guy who recommend him has a renovation company), so he hired the only guy who was desperate enough to work with him. In a week, that guy did more than the whole crew for 2 months. I bargained for the price. It turned out that this guy borrowed some money from the gangster, who waited for the money under my windows in the black BMW car...
The nightmare didn't end. It turned out that IKEA hires similar people to install the kitchen. So, after the month of buying the furniture and after two visits that confirmed that the kitchen can be installed, the workers refused to work in my apartment. People say that the workers have so much work that they choose only the easy job. So, after three months I literally had a lot of boxes and a half-finished apartment.
And, of course, I had a frustrated wife 300 kilometers away who felt that she had no control.
Thankfully, we found a guy who worked for 12 hours a day for two weeks and he really finished the job. But even with the real expert, it was an exhausting experience. Capitalism ended. I spent hours every day buying the basic materials and accessories. My renovation master was still finding new problems, and even he was able to solve them, I was overwhelmed by the situation. Thankfully, I have great superiors, who were really understanding.
And of course, my saves for the Parity disappeared (I don't know why), so probably there are some bugs. I have to play some routes before I will be able to test the game properly. :)
But I hope the worst things are behind me. :)
