Residents of Apartmentland No More!

We are now finally out of the apartment. My family and Kenny's family descended upon us early Saturday morning and moved us out in one day. Luckily, the rain held off until the very last load was being unloaded. As they moved the washer and dryer off of the trailer, we heard the first raindrops start to ping on the metal. By the time they had them in the garage, it started pouring rain. My cats spent all day Saturday in the basement storage room traumatized. We took them over to the house early in the morning before anyone got there. In the short distance from the apartment to the house, Mackie managed to go to the bathroom and throw up twice. She just works herself up any time I put her in a car. When we unloaded her at the house, she took up residence in the litter box and refused to come out. Patches just stayed in her tube in the cat condo and hissed and swatted at anyone who came close. It was not a fun day for them, but they are slowly adjusting to the new house. They are still having trouble navigating the stairs to the basement. Going up, not a problem. Going down, they look like rabbits!

We haven't unpacked yet though. After my family left yesterday, Kenny and I went back to the apartment and cleaned it from the ceiling to the floors. I know we aren't going to get the deposit back, but I believe in trying to leave things cleaned up and better than it was when I moved in there. No one bothered to clean it up for me, and if someone after me needs to move in quick like I did, at least it's clean and ready to go. Unfortunately, I don't think the apartment manager has enough sense to do a thorough cleaning. Perhaps I shouldn't say he doesn't have enough sense, he's just too lazy to do his job. As we were moving out this weekend, there were four other apartments being vacated. Our neighbors upstairs are planning on moving out as soon as their lease is up. As they said, things that they have reported needing fixed since they moved in this fall are still not fixed along with the general condition of the apartment complex itself. The playground slide is being held up by one bolt and someone has stolen all of the chains off of the swings. You would think that Trident Corporation would recognize a red flag when 5 apartments are vacated in one weekend even though rent has been paid on the apartments and other people are breaking their leases to leave. If I was working in a supervisory position, I'd be out there wanting to know what's going on and why we were losing customers. To my knowledge, no one ever comes to check up on James, the apartment manager, and the condition of the apartment complex. Oh well, not my problem. At least he can't come back and say we left the apartment trashed. It's as clean as we can make it.

I did notice something interesting this weekend. This was the first time our families have officially "met". It was like a clash of two different worlds. Kenny's parents came to help us move after their golf lesson. My dad drove up after a night at the races in Malden. It was awkward and I'm not sure either family likes the other one. Oh well, I guess what's important is that Kenny and I like each other. Our families don't have to live together! On the other hand, it was a stressful time and perhaps if they spent more time together things might be different. We'll see!