And, just like that. It’s over.

I hate to get all dramatic on y’all, but after calling the leasing department of my building’s management company because I was sent the wrong lease renewal form, I was told that my building’s owner has decided not to entertain the lower rent concession that I have been receiving for the past 3 years. The base rent started out at $1475.00 per month, but I signed onto my original lease at a rate of $975. Over the next couple years, my rent increased by only 4%. But, now, the owner wants to charge me the full base rent should I want to renew, and that would mean a price tag of one-thousand-six-hundred-something dollars per month, which is insane for a studio the size of mine.

The woman in leasing told me that I can write a letter to the owner and ask her to reconsider, which is probable, apparently. But, I just have to hope that she does, and hope that she lowers it to something I can afford and that I find reasonable (for 16-something, I could be living in a much nicer one-bedroom).

My lease is up in 30 days, which doesn’t offer me a lot of time to make other arrangements. Finding a room somewhere is an option, but I have so much fucking stuff and a cat. I would have known about all this months ago, but like I said, I was sent the lease renewal forms for another tenant and have had a very difficult time getting a hold of someone from my building’s management. Their phones are always busy and their voicemail box is always full.

Long story short, after finding my footing in this city once again, I might STILL have to move back to California.

I’m simply crushed.