Moving

Well, I'm moving to an efficiency apartment within the complex. I don't consider it a capitulation to the management because:

1. I will continue to pay the exact same amount of rent I am paying now, not a slightly increased amount ($553/month, not $580) or even the actual efficiency price ($908 during aademic year, $764 in Summer).

2. They are ripping up the cheap, stained, nasty carpeting and replacing it with vinyl so that it doesn't snag on Reba's nails.

3. The PP staff will be moving my stuff from one apartment to another.

4. I will still rent furniture from them rather than having to buy some.


There are also decided advantages in this for me:

1. I will never EVER get a roommate.

2. The building is quieter.

3. This particular building is the only one in the complex that has its own gated parking lot accessed by a clicker given only to residents of the building.

4. The handicap spot is an honest-to-goodness van accessible spot, meaning that even if someone is parked in the other gimp spot, I can still get in and out of Moby without having to back her out of the parking space.

5. My window faces South, so I will have tons of light.

6. I have a little strip of concrete patio outside my second door that is mine all mine! I actually have space for plants/herbs and plenty of light with which to grow them.

7. The energy of this apartment is dramatically different than my current apartment. I feel comfortable in it.

I move on Tuesday. And I also have the marketing director trying to help me get my primary door automated.