College Life in a Boarding House: A Handymans Desirable Dilemma

A part-time handymans life gets complicated in a college girls boarding house, filled with temptations and challenges

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College Life in a Boarding House: A Handymans Desirable Dilemma Part-Time Handyman in a College Girls Boarding House… It was in 1974 during my third year of college when I found out that I was going to run out of money weeks before the fall semester was over. I had to cut my expenses quite a bit or I would have drop out or take a part-time job to make ends meet. I’d always hated living in any of the dorm rooms on campus and was taking a full course load so I was not happy about my current financial situation! After a long weekend of looking for a cheaper apartment or a room to rent I grew frustrated that vacancies in the small Texas town were almost non-existent. It was a small college town and many of the old time residents offered rooms to rent but I had no luck because they were filled. Late on Sunday evening I spied a small ad in the campus newspaper offering just a phone number and the ad was for a live-in handyman. I called to inquire and was told that the job was still available so I asked for the address. I discovered it was close to the college and I went right over after class the next day. The house was very old and needed painting. It had three floors and a huge shaded porch. I learned that it had been converted from a senior convalescent home into a boarding house some time back. The owner was a woman who looked to be about sixty or so who said I could have the job if I could start right away as there were some items needing my attention right away. I agreed and she showed me the basement where my living quarters would be. There was a hastily constructed shower and toilet off in the corner away from the stairs. The bed and furnishings were small but looked almost new. She said she had been recently widowed and her husband always handled the upkeep but had taken ill and died. Then she walked me thru the entire place and told me that I’d be doing things such as replacing light bulbs, sweeping the stairs and porch, clipping the shrubs and grass etc. She offered that I would have plenty of time for my classes and any homework and could come upstairs for meals with her and her boarders as long as I washed up first. When we reached the dining room I saw the large table and seats as well as an enormous kitchen. …but everything was about to change

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