Adjusting

So we have lived in our apartment for a week now.  It still feels...surreal.  I've been so busy going through the motions of day to day that it really hasn't sunk in. I thought to myself the other day as I was heading out to walk the dogs,again, "so this is really my life?"  But then I was to busy taking care of the dogs to really think about it. 

Apartment living isn't the greatest but I KNOW it could be a lot worse.  Although it does feel a bit like living in purgatory.  We know that this living situation is just temporary, but I can't seem to glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel.  I'm sure that has something to do with the move being pushed back a month and a half.  Rationally I know it is only 60 more days but it feels like a lifetime.  I have been waiting for sooooo long and I just want the wait to be over.

Enough whining.  I've been thinking about the pluses and minuses of apartment.  There are some things that I like better, the same, and things that just plain suck.  Here are a few of the things I have noticed:

Having NO yard for the dogs just plain sucks!  I have a love-hate relationship with the stairs.   I love that they are forcing me to get some activity.  I hate them for the same reason when I'm tired.  I hate them when I'm unloading my spoils from shopping.  Especially after a Sam's trip.  I took me 4 trips up the stairs for my last trip to Sam's.  Then the dogs needed to be walked.

I love the faucet in the bathtub.  I know this seems silly, but I have good reason to love it.  In the house I had to fight to turn the water on and off.  It was a stinking struggle everyday.  But in the apartment I could us my pinkie finger to turn the water on and off.  It is awesome!

I like my new kitchen.  It has a ton of cupboards and counters.  Not to mention it is more ascetically pleasing then the house.  I never loved my kitchen, I just tolerated it.  I wouldn't say I love the kitchen here but it is much better.

I miss my fridge.  My fridge has water and ice in the door.  Including crushed ice.  This fridge has an ice maker, so happy about that!  But it doesn't have crushed ice.  Good new though, my blender is awesome.  I mostly use the crushed ice for smoothies, and this week I learned that my awesome blender does just fine with regular cubes.

We are adjusting to having someone live above us.  The first few days were hard, but it is getting better.  They don't walk very quietly.  Which makes me wonder how loud we sound to the lady below us.  I try to be quiet, especially at 5:30am when I'm getting ready for work. 

Happy news: 4 more days until spring break & 59 days until the last day of school.  The count down is on!