I'm a Deadbeat Tenant

So I'm an official deadbeat. And a dumb one at that....

Last week, I was supposed to get paid. It was a hectic week on account of our kindy's graduation on Friday, so I didn't worry too much when I hadn't been paid by Friday. The problem, however, was that I didn't pay my electricity bill last month. Yes, I'm a procrasinator... And the bill came due last Tuesday, but since I hadn't been paid, I couldn't pay this month's bill because it was twice what it normally would be... on account of my procrastination... (you get where I'm going with this??)

So I get home sometime last week and there's a notice in Korean stuck to my door. At the bottom, I see it has a large sum in won (Korean money)... I chuckle to myself and take it inside without really looking at it.. (I mean, what are they going to do to me, right?).

So I get home from work on Monday night (last night) and go to flick on the light. No light comes on. I look over to the little light that is on my heating guage. It's not there. And it hits me, they've disconnected my power. I'm a deadbeat. So I have to fumble around my dark apartment for my flashlight. And I get to spend the night huddled under my blanket for warmth, watching exactly one movie on my laptop - which has enough juice for exactly one movie - and connecting to a random wireless internet connection floating around my building.

This morning, hanging my head in shame, I have to explain to the head teacher that I'm a deadbeat who doesn't pay her bills - so the president of my school (whoops!!) has to call the company to get my electricity turned back on... sometimes I'm glad I don't speak Korean!! Or she doesn't speak English. How embarrassing.. So I guess procrastination has finally come back to haunt me. Have I learned my lesson? We shall see!!