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thistlechaserI'm still settling in to my new apartment.
Short version: LOVING IT!
Slightly longer version: Though I really, really hate the bathroom (toilet/shower in a tiny room, sink/mirror/counter outside of it), all the many pluses more than make up for it. The apartment complex's neighbor is an elementary school, which seems to mean the complex is a great place for families to live. Every neighbor in the building has multiple children, but that seems to mean everyone goes to bed early. I can't believe the size of families people are packing into apartments! My patio faces another building, so there are two apartments/patios facing mine. One of the apartments has four kids, the other seems to have five. Age ranges from baby to maybe five/six years old. During the day/afternoon/evening, they do play outside and are sometimes loud, but it's still quieter than the last couple places I lived.
I was worried I wouldn't have enough space for everything, but the more I organize stuff, the more I find I have enough room. I still think I own WAY WAY WAY too much stuff though. I had ~24 medium sized cardboard boxes, four very large plastic tubs, five luggage-sized duffle bags, and a number of large black garbage bags full of bedding/blankets/etc. And furniture, of course. How does one gather all this stuff? I have 25 butter knives!
I'd like to know who in the world thought off-white carpeting was a good idea for apartments. Every apartment I lived in with carpeting has this same beige-ish color carpet. I live in fear of dropping something on it. I know my cat will throw up on it at some point. I know hardwood floors aren't as warm, but at least I don't have to worry about messing them up, and they're a lot easier to keep clean.
TV: I've been binge watching Major Crimes. I love the characters in it so much! I'm almost through season three, and season five is currently airing now. I'm going to be so sad when I catch up. Mary McDonnell is just so delightful to watch. ...huh, apparently I need to watch The Closer next, as Major Crimes is a spin-off of it.
While I love Major Crimes, I'm watching a couple episodes most every day, so now and again I need an episode of something else just for a little break. Aftermath sounded like a great fit for me:
The series is centered on the Copeland family, a couple with three almost-grown children, who struggle to survive as natural disasters, followed by the rise of supernatural beings, brings civilization to an end...
I was worried the "supernatural beings" were going to be zombies (I'm so done with zombies), but nope. Only one episode has aired so far, but it's super creepy and I love it.
This isn't the first show from Canada's Space channel that I have loved. I also really enjoyed Bitten (which I see has a new season out -- I have to catch up on).
Other: While staying up all night/not sleeping even a moment is a bad, bad, bad thing to do, I look back so fondly on that night a week ago when I couldn't sleep and my MMO had a patch coming out, so I just stayed up all night waiting and then playing. There's something so foreign and exotic about being awake at 2 AM or 3 AM, knowing everyone else is asleep around you, while you're having fun. I paid for the loss of sleep for many days after, but it really was worth it.
Short version: LOVING IT!
Slightly longer version: Though I really, really hate the bathroom (toilet/shower in a tiny room, sink/mirror/counter outside of it), all the many pluses more than make up for it. The apartment complex's neighbor is an elementary school, which seems to mean the complex is a great place for families to live. Every neighbor in the building has multiple children, but that seems to mean everyone goes to bed early. I can't believe the size of families people are packing into apartments! My patio faces another building, so there are two apartments/patios facing mine. One of the apartments has four kids, the other seems to have five. Age ranges from baby to maybe five/six years old. During the day/afternoon/evening, they do play outside and are sometimes loud, but it's still quieter than the last couple places I lived.
I was worried I wouldn't have enough space for everything, but the more I organize stuff, the more I find I have enough room. I still think I own WAY WAY WAY too much stuff though. I had ~24 medium sized cardboard boxes, four very large plastic tubs, five luggage-sized duffle bags, and a number of large black garbage bags full of bedding/blankets/etc. And furniture, of course. How does one gather all this stuff? I have 25 butter knives!
I'd like to know who in the world thought off-white carpeting was a good idea for apartments. Every apartment I lived in with carpeting has this same beige-ish color carpet. I live in fear of dropping something on it. I know my cat will throw up on it at some point. I know hardwood floors aren't as warm, but at least I don't have to worry about messing them up, and they're a lot easier to keep clean.
TV: I've been binge watching Major Crimes. I love the characters in it so much! I'm almost through season three, and season five is currently airing now. I'm going to be so sad when I catch up. Mary McDonnell is just so delightful to watch. ...huh, apparently I need to watch The Closer next, as Major Crimes is a spin-off of it.
While I love Major Crimes, I'm watching a couple episodes most every day, so now and again I need an episode of something else just for a little break. Aftermath sounded like a great fit for me:
The series is centered on the Copeland family, a couple with three almost-grown children, who struggle to survive as natural disasters, followed by the rise of supernatural beings, brings civilization to an end...
I was worried the "supernatural beings" were going to be zombies (I'm so done with zombies), but nope. Only one episode has aired so far, but it's super creepy and I love it.
This isn't the first show from Canada's Space channel that I have loved. I also really enjoyed Bitten (which I see has a new season out -- I have to catch up on).
Other: While staying up all night/not sleeping even a moment is a bad, bad, bad thing to do, I look back so fondly on that night a week ago when I couldn't sleep and my MMO had a patch coming out, so I just stayed up all night waiting and then playing. There's something so foreign and exotic about being awake at 2 AM or 3 AM, knowing everyone else is asleep around you, while you're having fun. I paid for the loss of sleep for many days after, but it really was worth it.
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Date: 2016-10-03 04:37 pm (UTC)re: carpet -- I think it's probably sound more than warmth that leads to apartments being carpeted. The rental property we bought with my parents has lovely hardwood floors, but we ended up laying carpet over it because the downstairs people were complaining the upstairs people were loud. (Which, if you have a ground floor apartment, there's probably no good reason for carpeting from that standpoint, but it's probably also way easier to make them all identical, so, carpets for everyone). Dunno about why white, though. Probably makes the room look lighter/bigger?
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Date: 2016-10-03 04:49 pm (UTC)Dunno about why white, though. Probably makes the room look lighter/bigger?
I suspect you're right.
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Date: 2016-10-03 05:41 pm (UTC)25 butter knives. I'm still impressed :D
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Date: 2016-10-03 05:42 pm (UTC)I suppose, if butter ever rises up and gains intelligence and tries to take over the world, I'll be ready for it.
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Date: 2016-10-03 06:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-10-03 08:44 pm (UTC)http://the-watch-series.to/serie/major_crimes
I hope you enjoy it as well!
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Date: 2016-10-04 01:59 am (UTC)I have a ton of butter knives too, and I never use them. Always out of forks though...and usually low on spoons. I think those utensils meet with more casualties than knives?
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Date: 2016-10-04 02:32 am (UTC)And agreed! I'm going to make that bathroom work, then I'll stay here for a long, long time.