Melbourne

The lead tenant's officially moved out. It's disappointing, but I understand why he has. We had a good chat over dinner earlier. He got pizza, I made a lemon slice and got the drinks. It was good.

I also was convinced to speak to the area manager about the situation and try and impress upon him that not only does old mates move in (right now) work out worse for him and me, it works out worse for him (or at least his organisation) too, since paying somebody to be here overnight and on weekends isn't exactly cheap. Unfortunately, he didn't settle for just saying no, but he decided to be a condescending dick about it too. I did bring a support person with me who witnessed the couple of things he agreed to and advocated for me, which was handy. Although the 2 things he agreed to weren't actually concessions, they were just things I didn't realise were even being considered in the first place.

I'm trying to keep a positive mindset and be empathetic towards the new person, he gets even less of a say in the matter than everyone else. Moving here is only a choice before you express interest in it. Once you indicate you may be interested, even just conditionally, it's pretty much a done deal you can't cancel. But even ordinarily it's difficult to put on a brave face and show your best side when things are changing, but now I'll basically be placed in a position where I am the lead tenant, which feels kind of like an emotional drain multiplier. Like penalty rates. Luckily I'll be away from Thursday until Tuesday, so I can let the dust settle for a bit. But the thing is, the workers won't be consistent or know where things are, so I'll have the try and show the new YP where everything he might need is on Wednesday and give him my number in case he needs something. God, at this point, just make me the damn worker