$2,000 Rent

An hour ago, someone from management came to inform me that they've been trying to contact my parents for the past few days to discuss the payment of my $2,000 one bedroom one bathroom 750 sq. ft. apartment they stuck me in as an apology for moving to New York without telling me. I told the guy that I had been trying to contact them and that it was pretty hopeless. I was then informed that if my parents couldn't be contacted, then I would have to pay the damn $2,000 for an apartment I wasn't particularly fond of. What the fuck. I saw this coming the moment my parents told me they were sorry they hadn't told me they were moving and that they were going to get me an apartment and pay for it because it wasn't fair that they were leaving me homeless on such short notice (their words, not mine).

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with paying my own rent. I just have a problem with my parents sticking me in an apartment I don't like and then disappearing. I told them that they didn't have to pay for my apartment because I would be more than happy to temporarily move in with a friend (who was thrilled at the idea because she would no longer have to cook) until I found another place to live. They came home with the key to this apartment and told me that I might as well move in here because I wouldn't have to worry about paying rent.

So instead of saving me money, my parents have just raised my bills by $2,000 dollars (it's actually a bit more than that). Luckily, I have some money that I saved up for a rainy day so I have enough to pay for it (I'm actually using the money I've been saving up to pay off my $50,000 student loan once I graduate next year so it won't haunt me for a decade or two).

Hooray for ridiculously expensive small apartments with horrible neighbors surrounding it. (Except for Indy. He's the only nice one around.)