After having a mini cry fest over the phone w/my mom, I couldn't help it, I'm just so wound up, plus I'm barely feeling better after eaten bad turkey breast on Thursday (I got either e coli or salmonella poisoning) I came up w/the following:

I'm going to send her an email and basically tell her back off. I have done my part of the lease, I require notice when she plans to show the apartment. I will itemize (once again!) what are my things and that I plan to take them w/me when. When I leave I expect the entirety of my deposit returned.

Why is she being a bitch?

B/c I'm being/have been a pushover.

See she's renting to 4 other people. Guy in the attic, woman in the 1 bed, guy across hall from me and boy down in the back. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, has given her some sort of issue in the year I've been here.

Not saying I'm an angel, but 100% I've been a good tenant. Keep to myself, pay my rent on or before the 1st. Aside from that, I don't complain, I'll bring up things that upset me, like the excess waterbugs, but then I just left it alone. The bathroom was an atrocious thing, but I made my own accomodations, hence why I live @ the gym. I've gone above and beyond grinning and bearing it, yet of all people, she wants to nitpick w/me.

The thing is, I'm quiet and I'm meek and I'm shy and I'm a "good girl" but piss me off just a little bit, push me too far just once and every fiber of my being goes into getting justice. I don't like unfairness, it drives me crazy and as passionate as I am about other people and the lack of fairness in the world, I'm just as crazy when it comes to me.

She doesn't want this to go far. She wants to let me live out the remaining 22+ days of my lease, leave me alone, she doesn't even have to say shit to me, just leave my mail where I can find it and when I'm ready to go, had me back my security deposit.

Tonight she got all defensive about it, saying, "Oh yea, I have your money, I have all of it, you'll get it back," while her body language was all jittery. Methinks she doth protest too much. I asked her for a bit of space so I can but my boxed up stuff so she could show the room. Not much space, maybe enough for 5-6 boxes, she hemmed and hawwed. Fine.

Then she implies, she can't show the room in it's current condition and if it's not rented, she'll keep my security deposit. But she said that last part in a rush. After insisting, in this large 3 story house, she simply doesn't have the room for 5 boxes, she generously offered to "find" space and in return hold onto some of my security deposit.

Then she comes in the room, asking if things like the fridge and microwave are really mine? And furrowing her brow like she's doubting I did in fact bring them with me.

So yea, I'm finishing drafting up a brief letter reiterating all that went on today, my intent for the rest of this month and that it is well w/in my rights as a tenant and finally my expectation to receive my entire security deposit when I leave. W/the exception of 32 small holes for wall shelves, (it's a super TINY unit, I needed to make use of the vertical space) there is zero damage to the unit.

Should this go further, I have enough proof, receipts, documents, etc on my side. But above all that, if she really keeps being a bitch, I can put a scare in her far worse than the neighbor across the street which would make renting this tiny room moot and end up costing her far more than my full month deposit.