Whose idea was this?

I'm sick of the move already.

I'm not sick of packing boxes; I'm not sick of wanting to move. I'm super excited to live in Cheyenne and start my new job. No, I'm sick of everybody wanting to take advantage of you when you're spending a shitload of money.

First, there's the rent. Yes, we signed a lease. Yes, we're responsible for paying the rent on the place we live in if it doesn't rent. So, our ever trustworthy and awesome landlord has found a new way to fuck us over. It's called, "Barely trying to rent this place out." By advertising only in the Sauk Prairie Star, she has allowed her ad to be seen by a whopping three people.

Had she advertised in the Eagle, which would've gotten the apartment listed on Madison.com, the apartment would be rented by now.

She's probably going to make us pay electric, too.

Then again, what do you expect? This is the same greedy whore who was about to sell one of her buildings -- which just so happens to be one of the most historic in Sauk City...and was named to the State Historical Register's most endangered list -- so that it could be demolished to make way for a Walgreens.

The pinnacle came when she didn't bother to tell her tenants that the building was going to be demolished and they found out about it from the newspaper. Megan and I had previously lived in the building and she didn't tell us this either but was threatening to make us pay rent if we weren't going to rent with them -- despite the fact that Megan's asthma was terrible from others smoking in their apartments and the smoke coming in through upstairs windows.

Needless to say, we didn't get off on the right foot and the bitch hates us.

Next, there's U.S. Cellular. These jokers want $150 each for two cell phones that will be rendered useless because we're moving. While most cell phone companies are understanding and just ask for some proof that you're moving so they can cancel your contract -- no questions asked -- these money-hungry whores.

Then there is the new power company, whose reps are asking that we put down a deposit of $150 because I have never had a utility in my name...because I had to pay a municipality and not a real company.

Oh, but it gets better.

If my new company doesn't have Merrill Lynch, I have to withdraw my 401k or retirement or something from my present company. (It's mandatory.) And then, I get stuck paying 20 percent income tax when I withdraw and then I get to pay another tax at the end of the year.

So this is all happening before U-Haul is going to decide to take a chunk at me and the gas pumps take a bite out of my ass. In addition, I have already purchased health insurance and I need to go get new car insurance. And guess who has student loan bills to pay?

Moving on with your life because of a nice, new job is great.

Getting there sucks -- as all these assholes try to stick it to you.

This is the end...

This is the last "busy" week I will have until I leave and while parts of it might sadden me, I'm actually glad that next week will be a slacker week.

I was sad to see my last Town of Sumpter meeting. The board is hilarious. And they sent me out with a bang -- as the business for the evening was a tight deliberation on whether or not to join the Sauk Prairie Community Recreation Department's intergovernmental agreement.

In the end, the good outweighed the financial burdens and the board decided to trim some of the luxuries of a new road project to help the kids out. But this was the first time a split vote has occurred since Badger Ordnance was divided up, marking a historical night in Town of Sumpter politics.

While I enjoy covering Sumpter, I'm glad to see my chapter on Sauk City come to a close.

I dread those meetings because A) I don't enjoy reporting, B) I don't get off on being investigative and C) There are so many open government violations from time to time that I wouldn't even know where to begin.

Either way it's nice to see the month of June and my time at the Sauk Prairie Eagle coming to an end, so I can start a new chapter in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Westward, Ho! is launched

This is the official first post for Westward, Ho! the blog that will catalog the move that Adam and Megan plan to make to Cheyenne, Wyo. and what's happening out west in the Rocky Mountain states for those stuck in the Midwest.

This blog is a spin-off of "The Jefferson Street Rumblings," Adam's blog and "Megan, it's what's happening," a blog that catalogs Meganisms.