The day before the big move..

This is it! I go sign my lease and pick up my keys in a couple hours.

I am so happy to be getting out of my current apartment. My landlord actually tried to guilty me last night into staying. He said something to the effect of 'You are putting us in a very bad position, we still haven't found anyone to take the place next month.'

This what I wanted to say:
Excuse me? I gave you something like 45 days notice, and even talked the place up to the people you brought in to look at it. I tried to rent that apartment for you since you seemed incapable of doing so yourself. It could be me, but I think maybe you can't rent the place since you are attempting to charge $300 more dollars a month more than I was paying (which the place wasn't really worth). Or maybe it is because you lied your ass off about everything on that rental ad and when the people see it isn't what you advertised they run the hell away.

This is what I said:
That's a shame, hope you find someone soon.

To which he responded with a dejected grunt.

Oh well, can't please or reason with some people.

Tomorrow, with the help of friends and family, will be a resident of CT. Not sure how I feel about that really. I like CT, but I have been living in NY for my whole life, and know it well. Part of me is reluctant to let that go, but a larger part is eager to see what lays ahead.

At least I know the place I will be living is 100% nicer than the one I am living in now. So that means a lot.

All I have to do is make sure I get that security deposit back tomorrow and I will be golden. They have already indicated that this may be a problem - despite the fact that my apartment is damage free and sparkling clean (now that I have actually gotten around to cleaning).
If they mess with me on this one, they will be the ones who end up paying. I know the IRS's phone number after all, and know that in the 5 1/2 years I have been living there they haven't paid a cent of my rent to the government.
I hope it doesn't come to that, and that the threat of it will be enough of them (if reason fails) but we shall see.

Now I just have to try and survive without an internet connection for 96 hours. Won't be easy on this internet addict.