Oh-my-God! I've Got to Move

Do I look like a pinata to you? No, of course not. But, I did to my future landlord, who will now soon be my former landlord. Obviously, I must explain.

At the end of 2008, I was desperate. I was living with my 89-year-old mother and my 93-year-old father in Century City. How and why I was in that predicament is worthy of an entire Dr. Phil show. Let's not go there. 

So what does a desperate woman in a predicament do? 

She puts an ad on Craigslist - saying she wants to move to a loft in downtown (clearly it was better than moving to Mars - that's how faraway I wanted to go). By morning, my ad was answered by Julio Martinez. "I've got a place. Meet me at the Pan American," he said.

I did. And one of the first things he said to me when he saw my "colorful outfit" was "you're dressed just like a pinata." Oh well. Just a little rough around the edges. Don't you think?

But, I fell in love with his place. And the rest as they say - is history. 

His place quickly became "my place," and filled my soul with the city. From here I've become a voyeur of downtown. A teller of tales. A humorist with a twist. A quirky woman in a loft. 

Recently, over the Christmas holidays - almost a year to the day when I moved in - Julio told me he had gotten a professorship at USC and that he needed his loft back by April 19. And since we are a couple by leasing agreement only, I was going to need to find another place.

How sad. How unsettling. How awful.

Now I am faced with the prospect of moving from a loft and neighbors, I love. My compassionate friends - wanting to make me feel better - are saying things like, "Nancy, there is always a reason." "Nancy, your next place will be spectacular." "Nancy you will find magic."

And, I, a trooper, a spirited woman to the max, must gather my wits about me and prove them right. Yes, I will find FABULOUS AGAIN. Convincing myself daily that I WILL. I WILL. I WILL. 

My new mantra, my chant.

And the moral of this tale is? Even if a guy calls you a pinata, he can still change your life. Thanks Julio.

I'll be rockin' on. 

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Comments

[Naila Francis]

I think I'd take a pinata over an awning every day, which is what someone once compared me to when I wore a particularly colorful sweater to work one day... Good luck with your search. I myself will be moving in March to a condo that I adore so I'm sending some of that fabulous-new-place juju your way!

[Suzanne Arruda]

Perhaps his loft will suddenly be riddled with termites, making him instantly regret ever forcing you out.
The place was great because YOU were there to make it great. You will take your awesomeness with you (don't pack it with the cleansers - bad chemical reaction there) and hence, your next place will be great as well.

Suzanne

[TalesofDowntown.com]

Hi Naila and Suzanne - Your comments are just about as funny as my pinata "compliment." No one has ever called me an awning and the thought of wishing my landlord termites....well.

Thanks for your good wishes. Onward and upward. Nancy