Cleaning House in a Broken Home

I don’t need two bedrooms. The first is quite cozy and bright. I’d like to get rid of the darker one. It’s unnecessary.

Ma’am, that’s not how this works.

Well, two bedrooms is not working for me. This second one is just sucking up all of my energy.

Ma’am, I think somewhere some information was misconstrued. We just supply your fuel.

Right. I don’t want to fuel this room anymore. I don’t need an extra room.

Maybe you should try calling your landlord? It sounds like you need a smaller property? Unfortunately, we can’t help if you have too much space to manage.

I don’t rent. I bought this space. The bank said I can’t just return it. I’m hoping you can just stop fueling the extra space. I just want it to go away.

Miss, I have no way to only provide fuel to some areas. Could you just avoid that room?

I’ve tried that. It’s just that it keeps sucking up the rest of my house.

You’ve lost me.

At night. I spend all day cleaning and tidying. Especially in this extra room. I empty it out. I throw out things I don’t need. I lay down in bed, and I can’t sleep. I get up to check the room, and it has pulled everything it finds interesting back out of the trash and the gutters. Then I have to clean it all up again before I can sleep.

Maybe you could call a realtor? Just get rid of the whole thing, and start over?

Yes. I thought that as well. This is actually my third house. I used to have a one bedroom, but it couldn’t contain me. I bought a two bedroom to move some of my mess into, and it seems to be following me. I dumped it all before I bought this new home, but when I got here the second bedroom was already filling up. I’d like to cut off all power to this room. It should be vacant. Then I might sleep.

Ma’am...

Never-mind. I’ll just move some things around, turn off the lights, put the music up a bit louder. Maybe I will be able to drown out whatever is going on in there until morning. I’m a bit worn out.

That sounds like a great idea, miss. Good luck.

Thanks, but I’m sure I’ll call back tomorrow.