Thank you all for all of your advice. I was thinking about it the entire time I was at work. I decided that I am going to leave - whether or not my parents agree with it. It's my life - and they moved me down here when I was 12 and didn't ask me if I liked it - and everyone said don't go - but they were dead set on leaving, so why should I have to think of them when I know what I want?

I'm buying a cat crate for Maui at petsmart this friday and taking him to the vet next friday (to get him his distemper, feline lukemia and rabies shots...so I can prove to the NJ health department that he's fine...he needs to wear a collar and tag in the town that I'm moving to...even if he's an indoor cat) and when I go to move out, I'm just going to put Maui in the crate and walk out. I'll leave Mom and Dad the 100.00 they paid for him on the counter...

I owe so much to that cat, and I wouldn't dare leave him in a boarding facility...he had been locked in a crate most of his life, and I promised him he'd never go back to one. I think that this will be the best choice for me, Maui and Alex (my cockatiel).

You guys are really awesome!