Well today mostly sucked.
Our realtor was very understanding, and actually started showing the place yesterday. We're hoping we can get a March 1st or April 1st sublet/new lease.
My ex is now adamant about getting all of the current apartment stuff out of the way ASAP, so she came back today with her mom, one of her sisters, her cousin, one of her coworkers, and said coworker's husband (all of whom I'm 'friends' with) to help her move her stuff out. No one was really keen on speaking to me outside of moving instructions, even after I helped bring down her couch, dresser, and book case.
To get out of that awkward situation, I went to the gym for a few hours (my ex gave me a tearful goodbye at this point)...and when I returned, they were chilling out eating pizza in the apartment. I helped them bring down a few more things and then they took off. When they finally left, I could finally exhale. And continue my own apartment hunting, I'm looking at a few sublets for either March 1st or April 1st move ins.
Final assessment:
- couch
- microwave
- toaster
- bedroom lamps
- living room lamps
- all silverware
- vacuum cleaner
- end tables
- kitchen table
- ironing board + iron
But I get to keep
+ Queen size bed
+ blender
+ obviously, all my stuff
They're coming back tomorrow to finish off what they couldn't move today. I should hopefully be out looking at apartments. On the bright side, one of my best buds invited me out for dinner and drinks on his tab as kind of a pat on the back for the rough times. And I had a really nice fb chat with a girl I'd met a few months ago at a networking event. Silver linings and all that.
I'll update again if anything else pops up or if/when I find a place.
PS - Ironically, I stayed in last night (Valentine's Day). She went out with her sister and cousin and got hammered at a bar downtown. Go figure.