Update on the move

Finally have some good news on the housing front... we are moving on January 20th!  My wife and I had gone to look at a couple of houses that were available for rent and the last one we went to we absolutely fell in love with it.  It was perfect.  Great price, great neighborhood, great shape, everything was splendid.  So we applied for it and had to wait while we went through the process of credit and reference checking (sometimes nailbiting).  Just the other day, we found out that we got it and we set our move it date for the 20th!

I now have a little countdown on my whiteboard in my office.  29 days left!

We finally hit a breaking point the other night with our neighbors from hell.  I believe it was Monday night, they were smoking weed again and it was completely engulfing out place.  They must have been having one good time, since it was coming in through the patio, the front bathroom air vent, everywhere.  We had close the front bathroom door and leave the fan on all night.  My wife had gone to bed about two hours before me, and had shut the door so the stink wouldn't come in as much.  But when I finally went to bed, walked into the bedroom and it completely stank like an ashtray.  At 1am, I had to open the bedroom window when it was 30 degrees out to get some fresh air just to be able to tolerate it.

We filed a complaint with the office the next day and they said they'd do the usual "put a note on the door asking them to stop"... like that does anything.  Though realistically, they can't do much more.  But, only 29 days left.

Then last night they were fighting for a while.  I don't know what started it, but all of a sudden there was a ton of noise.  Yelling, banging, everything.  Sounded like two girls, like a mother and a daughter.  No holds barred.  But, only 29 days left.

29 days left until we no longer have to deal with apartment living.  The neighborhood we're moving too looks very peaceful, and as it turns out, my wife knew one of the neighbors, so I am sure we will once again be living in peace and quiet.