So, I need to call the landlord to find out why they haven't installed carbon monoxide alarms, even though they're required to be installed by today. But, I know landlord is going to ask if we're leaving at the end of our lease, 'cause she left a message last Friday saying that she'd been contacted by agents and wanted to know.

Well, we are moving. Not!Emily is not interested in resigning the lease. He's going to move in with some friends from law school. And, Emily and I had already decided that we don't live well with others, and we want a place of our own. But, according to MA law, we don't have to let landlord know till 30 days prior to our lease ending. I'm willing to let her know up to 60 days prior, but this 5 MONTHS prior is bullshit. I don't want agents in the apartment right now. My feeling is she can wait.

So, do I tell her we don't have to tell her yet, or do I lie and say we haven't decided? I hate lying, but I just don't feel like dealing with this right now.

lie and say you haven't decided. Is your lease a Sept 1 lease? I'm betting they want to show it to students to move in for Sept 1, before they leave town for the summer. Or, maybe not. Students aren't the best tenants, but a lot of real estate rental stuff moves on their schedule regardless.

I know it sounds pathetic, but I really needed to hear that, Jessica. Thank you.

Fay, a friend of mine who is what may be referred to as a 'fat chick' taught English in Thailand for a year and had absolutely no problems. Everyone loved her, from what I could gather.

Lie vw. You can do it! You could change your mind. You haven't made a decision on where yet. Lots of ways to make it not a lie.

Laura, you sure are lucky to have all this great advice on kitties.

Ain't that the truth. As I was pondering it in my head I thought how wonderful that all I have to do is ask here and the solutions will appear. Nifty that!

Is your lease a Sept 1 lease?

Yes.

betting they want to show it to students to move in for Sept 1, before they leave town for the summer.

I bet that's probably it, but really, I don't care. Not my problem. We have the right to a peaceful living environment, and right now I need that peaceful living environment.

And again, thank you. Seriously. Much appreciated.

My body image demons really don't need any encouragement. At all.

I don't care. Not my problem. We have the right to a peaceful living environment, and right now I need that peaceful living environment.

Oh, yeah. I certainly wasn't suggesting that you give a crap about their motivations, just was speculating. 60 days notice is fine. Once we gave notice at our apartment, it felt like we didn't have one lick of privacy, and it was super stressful.

Fay, from everything I've heard from friends that've been to Thailand, you should be just fine.

vw, five months is way too early and it's not really a lie because a lot can happen in five months. In three months, you might decide you want to stay again. Not your problem right now.

It's actually kind of funny. After the first year I lived here, we had to keep asking to get the new lease. I think we finally got it in November. Then last year, she was on our case to find a new roommate on HER schedule, so she could make up the new lease the beginning of August. But, this is out of control.

I think she knows we're not going to stay. We've been pretty complainy this year...not about little things...all valid things to be complainy about, but still.

The thing is, this has been a revolving apartment since 1998. That's eight years. They need to do some serious work in here before they re-rent it. It *at least* needs to be painted, but they should replace the tub (and maybe the stove) and fix some of the floors. It's kind of in rough shape...just normal wear and tear after 8 years. But, that's also not my problem. If they want to try to just re-rent it, whatev.