RING. RING. 
-hello?
stephanie?  heeeey.....sooooo....we are feeling a little silly asking you to move.
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see, we have this really big project in another building and there really isn't any way we'd be able to work on your apartment any time soon.....it would be silly to ask you to move when your apartment would just be sitting there.
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if you'd like to renew again you can.  i promise we won't change our minds.
-ummm, okay!  wait....can i have a little time?  i mean, can i think about it just to be sure???
oh yeah, no problem.
CLICK.

i thought about it for 1/2 a second...
it looks like we'll stay one more year and NEXT summer during our 15 year mark residing in our little apartment-that-could, we will move on. my big fat wish is that it might be into the H-word.  you know, a HOUSE?! 
CHEERS to being debt free by the end of the summer (minus studentLoans) with no interruptions!  CHEERS to getting to enjoy my time off and continuing to purge  this place rather than worry about our next mediocre crash pad. i'm feeling so relieved and excited, and the boy is beside himself...we are not a fan of change, in case you couldn't tell;)