Laoye Adedoye Gets His 5-Day Notice

I could cry from happiness that Angela saved me a plate of meatloaf, potatoes and corn for my dinner. I got off of work at 8 tonight. >_<

Today I learned that typewriters are evil, twisted, sick machines that ought to have no place in my life. Unfortunately they do, though, because that's how Eamonn types up the leases. Correction: How I will type them up, once we get new lease forms to replace the ones I destroyed with all the errors I made in typing them. Let's just say I was so embarassed by a couple of those leases that I crinkled them up and hid them in my purse.

The office was mine alone until Eamonn came to work (3ish) and gave me a present: a can of mace. The package says it will incapacitate an attacker for up to 45 minutes. MWHAHAHA I can't wait to use it.

I had to stay late tonight because Keith brought in the janitor from Eamonn's newly-acquired apartment building. The janitor was effectively managing the place up till now and knows all the tenants personally. It was strange to see Keith and Eamonn asking this guy for information on who the reliable tenants were, and how able they were to pay increased rent. We went down the whole list of tenants, making notes of how much to increase each person's rent on the new lease.

For my part, I definitely did not like having to go through Quickbooks and rattle off the names of the people who had fallen behind on payments, or circling the names of the people whose eviction notices I'll have to write up. This is the south side, after all. It's sad to see this happening. It totally doesn't help, either, that about 4 different tenants stopped by today while Eamonn was out and tried to ask for clemency.

Not that Eamonn is a bad guy. He's awesome and very humanistic. But you can only give so much leeway before your business comes tumbling down. My other internship is focused on helping these people improve their livelihoods...this internship is more concerned with getting more money out of them. It's a weird juxtaposition. Save the world 4 days a week, destroy it during the other 3 days. But...gain experience with Quickbooks! So overall, a success!