New Apartment

Well, Cass and I have been in the new apartment for a little over a week. When we moved in we found it in need of a little cleaning (I'm being told by Cass that I need to replace the word "little" with "a lot" though that doesn't seem gramatically correct) but we think it's going to work well for our needs. While most everything was cosmetic, there were two issues we had to tackle right away.



The first issue was the dust. I'm alergic to dust mites so I spent that first week congested as hell. We vaccuumed, mopped, bought an air purifier and alergenic mattress cover. We even bought an alergenic cover for the couch in an attempt to hermetically seal that dust bomb. It'll requires constant attention but I feel better already. Cass always said I was high maintenance.



The second issue was light. Our bedroom wall is mostly windows, the louvered kind that go floor to ceiling. Trying to sleep past 6 am was difficult as the sun would light up the room. The light would also heat up the room even with the A/C running full blast (anyone else imagining Scotie yelling "Captain I'm givin' 'er all she's got! We don't have the power!"? Just me?). Well, we didn't have any spare fabric to make shades but we did have the cardboard boxes and a roll of duct tape. By the way, the shades work great. I especially like them since I have to sleep during the days. I have a new found respect for people that work graveyard.