  em, that does suck. sounds like they are trying to get as much out of you as possible. i hate apartment complexes.
they one i live in now is 8 units and they landlord is really nice. we signed a 6 month lease 2 years ago and never renewed it. we just keep paying rent and he doesn't bother us. i hope you can find a way to work it out with your landlord/co.
cara, i personally like jumbalaya better than gumbo. beingets are good, especially with their cafe au lait or hot chocolate. :) and tell bob that is does NOT snow here. once 10 years ago they had a little bit where the kids could make pathetic little snowmen, but it wasn't much i was told. i saw a few flurries the first winter i was here and that was because it was unusually cold. so, no snow.
but it does get really humid. adam said that it's worse in arizona because desert heat is still hotter than really humid heat, so i think bob would be able to handle it. it gets humid in indiana so just imagine that type of weather only longer down here. i like it, it's really not that bad. plus- if you ever want to see a hurricane... :) i am going to see kill bill 2 very soon. we have the first one and i really like it. i like tarintino's style. 
