a beautiful day in the neighborhood

Yes, it's a beautiful day here.  And I'm not just talking about the weather (which was about 75 and sunny).  Today, two--count 'em, two--of our neighbors are moving out, if not gone already.  That's half of the house.  So technically, we've now been here the longest.  And guess what else!?  The one now-vacant apartment in the building is a 3-bedroom!  They say there's mice over there...we got rid of the "pets", we'll get rid of them, too.  We still have to check it out to see if it's to our liking...who the hell knows.

As for the other vacant apartment (the one we rented in September...with the redneck fridge), she left that place a MESS.  Beige carpets now black with mud.  Yucky stuff on the kitchen floor.  Stench of dog permeating the whole apartment.  Nail holes in the walls...and not your average ones--must've been holding up shelves or something.  And the worst part?  She didn't even have the decency to bring the keys to us--she left them on the kitchen counter, along with the mail circulars.  Granted, we had a set, but WTF?  To think--this is the same person who BEGGED us to give her the apartment in the first place.  How rude.

Bottom line...$200 plus cleaning costs off our rent mext month, and possibly a 3-bedroom apartment.  It's all good, I guess.

til next time...=)