They're Baaaaack

[unforth]

Well, this morning confirmed something I wasn't prepared to mention yesterday but did suspect: the bed bugs are back. I woke up yesterday morning with two suspicious bites on my leg, and this morning with a big clump on my back. Oddly, I'm handling this much better than I handled having a cold yesterday, because I had a major breakthrough last night and am actually feeling pretty good about life, even some of the parts that really suck right now.

When the bed bugs went away last time, I had a list of things that were going to have to happen if they came back. That's now. The outline of the plan: put almost all of my belongings in storage, get out of my lease, and move to the cheapest, smallest studio I can find that'll allow the dog and I.

Step 1: Find my lease.
Step 2: Talk to a lawyer.
Step 3: Call my landlord and arrange for exterminator and argue about legal stuff.
Step 4: Pack for the exterminator.
Step 5: Contact a storage place.
Step 6: Depends on the results of step 3.
Step 7: Pack all belongings going in to storage by Monday at 1 PM, when the storage guys will come and pick it up.
Step 8: Contact a broker.
Step 9: Find a new apartment.
Step 10: Inform my landlord that I'm leaving.
Step 11: Be prepared for the exterminator, coming on Tuesday between 9 and 11 AM.
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Step 100: Profit!

Wish me luck...

Comments

[milbrcrsan.livejournal.com]

Geez, don't you get a break with crappy things? Hang in there and who knows, maybe your new place will be even better. :)

And kill them all! ...The bed bugs, I mean.:p

[unforth.livejournal.com]

I don't know about a break, but I'll admit I've never had a year as full of different and often simultaneous crappy things as this one - usually my crappy things come spaced out by at least 6 months and rarely more than two at a time.

I'm gonna do my best to have my next place be kick ass, but it can be tough to balance "kick ass-ness" with "affordable" in NYC.

Death to BB!