The Disillusionists.

I thought I'd take the place before I even looked at it. I was never any good at looking for a place to live. Just making the effort to see something meant I might as well take it. There were plenty of places I hadn't seen... I hadn't taken all of them too. People asking too much and knowing sooner or later that someone would come along and take the place regardless of weather (sic) it was too much worth what they were asking. If someone is providing a service you expect to get what you pay for.
Anyway, the rent was cheap and the landlay's kids were using it as a playroom when I came over to see it. A little fixing up... one of those nice to have a man around situations, ya know what I'm sayin'? I took it for the beginning of next month. I didn't have to be out of the place I was house-sitting until the eleventh but I liked having a few days to move my stuff and get settled. I wanted to have someplace together before the friend of my old girlfriend came back from Guatamala. I can easily become one of those people who never leave. By doing something I all of a sudden wasn't one of those people. No matter... I took the first place that I looked.

to be continued...