sparklyjenna7
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Yesterday Brian, our roommate and I were all going to Rent a Center, and on our way got into a small accident. Brian was going to fast around a curve, started to slide, slammed on his brakes and ended up hitting the car in the lane next to us because the slide became worse.
Nobody was hurt. Thank God for that. Brian ended up getting three tickets, two of which can be tossed out if he brings in the proper documentation on his court date. That alone would have been bad enough, but as the title implies, more was to come.
The officer that came to deal with the accident insisted on getting both our roommates information and mine. Our roommate had a warrant out for his arrest due to a probation violation (which was really kind of a stupid thing, but I won't get into that). He tried giving his brother's information just like he always did, but he gave the wrong social security number, so they ended up finding out anyway and arresting him.
The standard sentence for a probation violation is six to eight months. SHIT!! That means that Brian and I are going to have to come home to an empty apartment for six to eight months unless his lawyer is as phenomenal as he claims and can get him out in a month. If he can get out within a month, we'll be fine. If he can't, we're screwed.
Brian and I will both have to pick up a second job to cover the difference in rent. I won't have it so bad to pay my half, but I have less bills than Brian does. We've considered and tossed out the idea of getting another roommate in a temporary situation. We couldn't do that to our roommate. We'd have to move his stuff out, and I'd break down crying. Neither of us would be able to face him after that even if he said it was okay. Plus, whoever we got would be stuck finding another living situation in six to eight months.
My biggest problem is the waiting and not knowing what's going on. His mom is being kind enough to cover his third of rent for March, but after that I don't know what's going to happen. I just don't know, and it's driving me crazy. I'm grateful for the fact that it could have been worse and wasn't. We all know how lucky we were that no one was hurt and that we didn't hit the car head-on. But knowing that we were lucky doesn't pay the bills for the next few months.
Nobody was hurt. Thank God for that. Brian ended up getting three tickets, two of which can be tossed out if he brings in the proper documentation on his court date. That alone would have been bad enough, but as the title implies, more was to come.
The officer that came to deal with the accident insisted on getting both our roommates information and mine. Our roommate had a warrant out for his arrest due to a probation violation (which was really kind of a stupid thing, but I won't get into that). He tried giving his brother's information just like he always did, but he gave the wrong social security number, so they ended up finding out anyway and arresting him.
The standard sentence for a probation violation is six to eight months. SHIT!! That means that Brian and I are going to have to come home to an empty apartment for six to eight months unless his lawyer is as phenomenal as he claims and can get him out in a month. If he can get out within a month, we'll be fine. If he can't, we're screwed.
Brian and I will both have to pick up a second job to cover the difference in rent. I won't have it so bad to pay my half, but I have less bills than Brian does. We've considered and tossed out the idea of getting another roommate in a temporary situation. We couldn't do that to our roommate. We'd have to move his stuff out, and I'd break down crying. Neither of us would be able to face him after that even if he said it was okay. Plus, whoever we got would be stuck finding another living situation in six to eight months.
My biggest problem is the waiting and not knowing what's going on. His mom is being kind enough to cover his third of rent for March, but after that I don't know what's going to happen. I just don't know, and it's driving me crazy. I'm grateful for the fact that it could have been worse and wasn't. We all know how lucky we were that no one was hurt and that we didn't hit the car head-on. But knowing that we were lucky doesn't pay the bills for the next few months.