*stumbles to the monitor*

[msfledermaus]

Hang on a mo'... Need caffeine really really bad today.

*Glugs large mug of tea*

At two am--yet again--some jackass pulled the fire alarm--again. This time the bastards blasted 3 floors with the fire extinguishers and wrote gang signs on a couple of the fire doors. We were all huddled outside--again--with wailing cats in carriers and cursing the owners and the vandals and anyone else we could think of....again. We found out the hard way our fire alarms aren't even tied into 911 anymore....and had to call them ourselves. So yeah, I'm pretty ragged this morning.

I'm in this lease for 6 more months--seven, actually. I have to go over the new lease info with the manager, who is never in her office anymore. If I can catch her on one of my days off, it's going to be hard not to rant at her like Jello Biafra. Maybe I should emphathise that they've gotten me this long because it's not cheap to move, and besides I have a sneaking suspicion they'll find "something wrong" with my apartment and keep the deposit. (Well, of COURSE there's something wrong, they won't FIX anything, will they?) Urrgh...At least there's a growing movement to organize in this building--we all now have or are getting phone numbers of various tenant groups and building inspectors, and I hear the owners are going to court for neglecting the heat until this week. (Which is breaking the law in Minnesota; people have frozen to death in October.)


Arrgh arrgh arrgh arrgh arrgh.....I loved this place so much when I moved here, my little art-deco oasis in Downtown. It's going to hurt to leave. But I refuse to live in what it's rapidly becoming--or has already become--a crackstack.

Goddammit, I hate moving....

Comments

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Man, what a drag! It does suck that that place has gotten so bad. That used to be a cute and relatively safe little area; I considered moving there a few years ago. No chance you can get out of the lease earlier??

Do you have any leads on a place?

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

It happened pretty fast, too...One moment the place was really turning around, the next--crackstack city, population: Me.

I might be able to crack the lease if things keep going the way they're going; otherwise I have 6 months to look for a new place and maybe a roommate to go with it--I'm NOT leaving my friend Jen here in this horrible place. Together we can afford something so much nicer.

I've applied for a co-op on Nicolllet Island, which I love, but they take a while--maybe up to a year. So I'm thinking maybe Nordeast when it's time to move. I looove Nordeast:)

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'd love to hear more about the coops ... I thought Nicollet island was so tiny, where did they put a coop?

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

I guess there's a small handful of them out there. There's a couple of Radical Fairie's houses, and I think the row houses might be a few more. I know, the place is tiny, but I never thought it could hold as many houses as it does. I would love to live there...*rapturous dreamy sigh*

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

It would be so sad to lose that great view from the roof!

Moving is such an aggravation and expense, but I can sure understand why you'd want to get away from all the trouble going on there.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Yeah...it's either keep the roof and possibly get mugged or robbed inside the building...or leave. I still have about 6 months to look around and save money for a new place.
I'm really gonna miss that view, though:(

[jodymeme.livejournal.com]

Before we moved to our current residence, our former place was screaming out at us to leave, in so many ways, for several months. Neglectful landlords, mouse infestation, mildew, rowdy neighbors, frequent vandalism.

Environment can be just as important as your space itself. If everything around you is crumbling, and the responsible parties have no intention to do anything about it, it may be time, unfrotunately, to move on.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

yeah...*Nods sadly* At least I've got options, and 6 months to look around as opposed to being locked into a year lease.
(even possibly a roommate, which means I could save more money for the rowhouse of my dreams.)

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

toto bad They are forcing you to leave and not the other way 'round!!! Moving sux big!!!

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Until this place I've moved every other year I've been alive...I'm really good at it but I HATE MOVING!!!!

I did apply for a co-op in Nicollet Island, very pretty place...
it'll take them a year to get back to me, but it would be a nice place to live for a longish time...*wistful sigh*

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

Wow! At least you wouldn't be cut off form the mainland like a REAL island - hmmmm - What a great idea.