{{Lilty}} That's really unfortunate timing. But I'm kind of glad you dodn't know this before you decided to go to Europe, because you might have decided not to, and I really think this trip is going to be wonderful for you.

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Well, she said she'd pay half of August's cable.

I know she feels really bad for all of this, so I'm trying not to fall apart when she tells me this stuff (especially before my coffee). But I've discovered that telling me that I need to find another $400, when I've come straight off a vacation, and that you are going to start selling off the furniture soon before I'm caffeinated will come remarkably close to bringing me to tears.

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Can you move out before you go to Europe? Or move out a bunch of stuff before hand and finish moving after you get back? That way neither of you are stuck with living there in August.

That's what I would do, even though it SUX.

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I know she feels really bad for all of this, so I'm trying not to fall apart when she tells me this stuff (especially before my coffee).

Please. She should feel bad. What she is doing sucks.

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She'll pay half of the cable? I'm sorry, but I'm getting really angry on your behalf. I don't care how nice she is. She's being inconsiderate. Want me to have a little chat with her? ;)

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Can you move out before you go to Europe? Or move out a bunch of stuff before hand and finish moving after you get back? That way neither of you are stuck with living there in August.

That's what I would do, even though it SUX.

It's what I would try, too. Even though, yes, it blows dead goats.

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I think she's not being fair to you, given that she knows her moving out is behind your moving out, and if you'd known about her plans, you might not have booked the Europe trip. I still think you should stick up for yourself, but can understand your reluctance, so...

Can you move out before you go to Europe? Or move out a bunch of stuff before hand and finish moving after you get back? That way neither of you are stuck with living there in August.

That's what I would do, even though it SUX.

Yeah. That's then 2nd thing I would do. You're going to be packing, anyhow. Pack it all up in July, and when you get back from Europe, you just have to get it out.

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I'm kind of glad you dodn't know this before you decided to go to Europe, because you might have decided not to

I definitely wouldn't have.

It's funny, though. Part of the reason I'm going (Besides OMG Europe) is to kind of blow apart my comfort zone. I figured if I wanted to make all the changes in my life I plan to, I need to be able to get past things that seem new and scary.

Now, it's like I'll have jumped half of those hurdles before I even get on the plane. Does that even make any sense?

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You know what, Lilty? This kind of stuff always shakes out. It's a pain, but it will happen. The European trip will be a blast, and then you'll have some months in inbetweenie land, and then you'll find a new place (hopefully in Somerville!).

The year after I got out of college I saved my money to go to Europe. A few months beforehand my group house dissolved and I didn't really have a place to stay. My old roommate put me up for a month before I took my trip. I came back, and another friend put me up for another month while I went apartment hunting. It was fine. This was all in Boston too.

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Cereal:

I just called my mom. She said of course I could move home just as soon as I wanted to and there is plenty of family to help me do it.

Damn it. I don't know why I'm taking this so hard. It's one stupid month.

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