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One of my readers wanted to know about fees at University Villa in Provo, Utah. While I’m not the authoritative source, I thought I would share what I know.

Every month, there is a $10 communications fee in addition to rent and utilities. A semester parking sticker costs $15. Failing a cleaning check is suppose to incur a $5 recheck fee. Failing a cleaning check twice usually results in cleaning charges which is variable depending on what needs cleaning. Paying rent late incurs a $20-25 late rent fee.

Parking after midnight with out a permit risks getting a boot on your vehicle, which results in a $55 fee to University Parking Enforcement.

As part of my homelessness, I spent a night camping out in an area in between a couple of University Villa buildings known as the Cove. We had a campfire in the barbecue, pizza, croquette, a shopping cart, and a tent to sleep in. It was more of a party than anything else, so it was pretty fun.

So Maria finally came around at about noon on Saturday, and gave me a perfect checkout. In 30 days (according to the PDF of the BYU Housing Handbook) I should be getting my deposit back, less some money for the last month utilities.

So ever since then I’ve been homeless. I found an apartment that I previously crashed in to crash in again. The only problem is that there hasn’t been any hot water, so my shower was kind of chilly. I guess I can’t complain since I’m not really suppose to be crashing here anyway. Another disadvantage I found was that it was difficult to get the wrinkles out of my white shirt for church.

People seem to be helping me in simple ways. I got a Slurpee within an hour of being homeless. Ryan shared some milk to use with my cereal, and Carson provided the pasta for my Alfredo sauce for dinner.

I’m out! I didn’t sleep a wink, I didn’t even slow down. Everything is out, all my cleaning assignments are done. My neighbors are serving breakfast, which is good. Now I just need to figure out where I’m sleeping tonight.

Maria is suppose to come by to check me out of my apartment. I told her that I would be ready at 10am, which I am, but I wonder when she will actually come around.

Well, except for the vacuuming in my bedroom, all my cleaning assignments are finished. Now all I have to do is get my stuff out. One of my neighbors who works really early mornings cleaning the Wilk was just getting off work and was surprised that I was still at it. In five hours, I can surely get everything out.

Wrapping aluminum foil around the stove burner pans is an art.