Neighborhood Spy

It seems that our crazy-ass downstairs neighbors have moved, and in a very weird way. A couple of weeks ago, Todd and I noticed that we didn't hear any noise coming from downstairs, and their cars seemed to be missing. We thought that maybe they had moved, but we hadn't seen a moving truck or anything. Where was the usual grunting, sweating and cursing that accompanies a move? Usually it's pretty easy to tell when your neighbors have moved. We thought this was all a bit strange, but stomped happily across our floor and enjoyed the lack of stale cigarette smoke floating upstairs.

Today, I ran into the landlord and he told me that they indeed have apparently vacated the apartment, but seem to have left all of their furniture and belongings behind. And their stuff was in boxes, so it seems like they must have been intending to move it. When the landlord told me this, I wondered if they were dead in the apartment or had been abducted or something, like in a bad horror flick. Or maybe they were running from the law and had to leave in a rush! But, since this is reality, this is likely not the case. Maybe they just decided that they had bad taste (which they do) and needed to start over with some new furniture. And if this is the case, maybe they weren't so crazy-ass after all.

When Todd and I give the landlord our notice, we'll have to make sure to specify that we intend to take our furniture with us.