The move, stage 1

On July 31st, I came home to find a note on my door from my Corporate Landlord, (I'll just call him Corky McSwagger, LLC) telling me to vacate my apartment by September 30th. They're exercising a clause in my lease, which says they can cancel my lease, at will. It wasn't because of anything I did. They're doing this to all other tenants in the building, both of them. 

Mr. McSwagger doesn't tell us why he's doing this, even though that's the law. Maybe they're selling it, maybe they're tearing it down. However, I've long noted the sidewalk outside my door that slants at an oblique angle into this building. It's possible the building is being undermined. Repairing that is going to be expensive.

And Mr. McSwagger doesn't make a lot of money off this building. There's three tenants in three apartments. The rent is rock bottom for this neighborhood, and this city, in fact. I'm going to ask Corky sometime why we're being evicted. I'm betting that's the reason.

Anyway, but the recent news is I've put a deposit down on an apartment. It's more expensive. I have to go back to being a miser, at least for a while. The apartment does have more space, which means it's going to look very empty at first.

However, I do look forward to moving. Now that I have to vacate, I've become aware of how cramped it is. Not only is it small, but it doesn't have a lot of closet space, which means things are stacked in corners, along the walls, hanging from the doors. Oh No! The walls are closing in on me!

I've been sorting and throwing things away, and putting other things aside to sell or donate. I have a lot of time to do this, and I plan to be organized and move with as few things as possible. I have plenty of time. I get the new apartment on September 1st (a little sooner, actually), and I don't have to vacate here until September 30th.

This is because days that I can move in a three day marathon are over. Trying to do that now would put me in the hospital, if not kill me outright. 

In other news, I wrote a short horror story I'm very proud of. I'm sending it out as I move.

I'm looking forward to the next forty-nine days.