NOT APARTMENT PEOPLE

Saturday, March 04, 2006

We've unpacked, rearranged the furniture, made a bunch of trips to Target and Home Depot, and the 1200 square feet doesn't really look half bad. Aside from the kids wanting to kill each other for the first couple days of sharing a room with bunk beds, it really is pretty liveable.

We have a balcony of our own where we can see flowers, mountains, hummingbirds, and the beautiful San Diego sky, which is usually in indescribable shade of bright blue. We have managed to fit most of our stuff into much smaller storage spaces. The washer and dishwasher are running constantly. The dogs and cats are all going to the bathroom where they are supposed to (yay). The kids are too, for the most part. And the heated pool is pretty great (though we're usually the only ones in it, because San Diegans think 63 degrees air temperature is cold).

But, after just four days, it was clear we are not apartment people. Grocery trips involve lugging bags up 38 steps. You feel like an Olympic lifter after those trips. Makes you think twice about buying cases of Diet Coke. Becca and Sarah have changed who's sleeping on the top bunk. So far, Becca has only fallen off the bunk once, but there are surely more mishaps to come. And our downstairs neighbor is pretty rude with her stereo. The other day, she had Yanni blaring for 11 hours while she was not home. Cars parked all crazy in the lot.

In general, we just aren't used to sharing walls and everything else with other people. Too bad for us! We have to do it for another 4 months!