Sunday, February 24, 2008

Apartment Update 4

-Almost everyday it seems that I am discovering new portions of our parquet floor that are no longer attached to the sub-floor. This trend is somewhat frustrating as it seems to be leading to the furthering of the problem. I feel that at some point, maybe even before we leave, most of the wooden slats will actually just be resting on the sub-floor, only kept in place by the presence of the other pieces and the force exerted by gravity.

-Over the past few weeks Nithum and I have had several periods of time during which we didn’t have water. It seems that as time is progressing these periods of waterlessness are increasing in frequency, as well as in vagueness of definition.

The instance of waterlessness several days ago included a relatively concise time frame during which we could expect to find ourselves without water. The outage scheduled for tomorrow includes no such details, and simply states that we should expect to be without water for the day. I really wish they had included a start time as it would have given me an indication of when to get up to ensure that I would have time for a shower before the outage.

Hopefully I remember to fill our Brita and a soup pot tonight.

-It seems that we may finally have to start paying for electricity, though who knows when we might actually get our first bill.

-During the frequent temperature fluctuations that we have experienced this winter it has become painfully obvious that our building is heated centrally and that the quantity of heating to be outputted is not dependant upon the amount actually needed. This means that on days like today when the temperature is above zero, the apartment has a tendency to be unbearably warm, leading me to go as far as to open several windows as well as our balcony door.

-Our freezer is pretty full.

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