This is not the outrage I was looking for.

Really, it wasn’t.

So this morning we got a call from the landlord (or more properly, the landlord’s sister, who seems to be in charge of communicating with the tenants).  (Don’t you already know this won’t end well? Why yes, yes I do, thanks.)

Ahem.

She called to ask why we have three cars, and more or less insisted that one of them doesn’t run (which, of course, it does, just not well, hence the sitting mostly while awaiting repair).  It turns out that we’re losing our parking because they want to park a trailer there instead (and we suspect we know why, but these parentheticals are a bit ridiculous, so why expand them with a hypothetical?).  Why we needed the browbeating about the “excess” vehicle when all they wanted to do was chase us out of our spaces is something known only to the poor fellow in heaven who’s stuck keeping track of such things, but the attitude problem combined with the loss of parking leaves us with only one possible conclusion: it’s time to move.

Oh, this has been a long time coming.  Straw, meet camel’s back.

Anyway, we’re beginning the search.  We need to be within a half hour or so of Easton, preferably south-ish of it, and given the price range we’ve got to work with, we’re most likely looking for another apartment, though we’d love a house if we can find one cheap.  (Jay, feel free to jump in here if you’ve got anything to add...) So if anybody out there’s got a tip, please please please leave us a comment or email jay or deb at this domain.

Oh, and because I know you’re curious...the three cars thing is because the third car is a pickup truck that can only hold two of us, and the other two have been taking turns not running, so we’ve never decided which to get rid of or had the extra cash to get rid of them both and go for what’s behind door number three.  In any case, since there was no limit put on our parking when we rented the place, it’s more than a little irritating to suddenly discover that that third car is really, really upsetting the landlord.  And it didn’t seem to be so much the space thing as the existence thing from what I could hear of the conversation…

So there you go.

1. It looks like we all are looking.  By the way, do you know of anyone moving out of their Pasadena (or vicinity), CA place?  Caltechgirl and I would sure like to know…

   Posted by Grand Moff Trojan  on  06/06  at  01:30 PM

2. Ah -HA!! Now I know why Jay linked to my real estate post. Makes perfect sense.

   Good luck in your search.

   Posted by DCE  on  06/06  at  05:23 PM

3. apartments are cheep in Ohio.. Lots of houses for rent for less then your paying now too..

   Can’t blame me for trying can you?

   Posted by wayne  on  06/06  at  06:57 PM

4. Are you SURE you don’t want to escape the People’s Republic of Taxachusetts, and come join us in freedom in wonderful Cow Hampshire?

   I’ll throw in a New Hampshire mug for each of you, and a New Hampshire stuffed animal for Sadie…

   J.

   Posted by Jay Tea  on  06/06  at  07:11 PM

5. Actually I don’t know for sure, But I might even have a lead on a job for Jay.  Though it could be a long shot type of thing.. for some reason I just see Jay and this guy I know who owns a couple different business, one of them a computer company, getting along really great.  you guys really have to come visit.. maybe I could introduce you while your here..  Sadie could make the drive.. grin

   Posted by wayne  on  06/06  at  07:25 PM

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