Collecting rent
Three people currently owe me money: the neighbors, my renters, and Crazy Sheila. The neighbors owe me money from the emergency room visit I made after their dog bit me in the calf when it was running wild in the neighborhood. The renters owe me money, for, well, rent. And Crazy Sheila owes me money when I was a renter 20 years ago. If Crazy Sheila is precedence, I may not get my money from the renters or the neighbors. The Sherman Hill District where I once lived. I met Crazy Sheila when I was looking to move out of the then edgy Sherman Hill District . It was just beginning its Phoenix-like revival into the trendy artist's neighborhood it is now. When I lived there its crime-riddled reputation was such that my mother had her best friend call me at work to talk me out of moving into the apartment I had leased. Of course, I moved right in. But after about six months, I was looking to improve my surroundings as I had found people who would give me some furniture ...