runcible

Its going alright so far.. we had 2 snippy exchanges early on, but otherwise its fine. We live on the top floor, nice old character building, and its walking distance from work (didn't bother buying a bus pass this month! saving money~). Cheap rent, no other people to worry about, and its nice to have an actual living room.

My closet's super small XD so I have one of those cheap (poorly made) garment racks in the mean time. Now that everything's out of boxes, I feel like I have a lot of loose crap kicking around.I find it easier to get rid of stuff after I move to a new place, so I'm sort of chipping away at that every day. I have stuff I've borrowed from my parents that I want to give back, stuff I want to donate to charity/women's shelters, and other stuff I think I could sell off on ebay.

I've only lived here for two weeks, so I'm still trying to find a system for everything. For example, we don't have any storage in our entrance way/foyer, and I have a lot of shoes and jackets. Like I mentioned, I also have a really tiny closet. however! I decided I can use the closet for all my jackets and shoes ONLY (and i think I can add more storage above the clothing rod, too...). I'm awesome My roommate's also allergic to all my stuff from Lush (noooo (( ), so I was thinking of storing it in there so as not to irritate her allergies.

For the kitchen... well, we have a gas stove, and I've never used one before now. I was really scared at first about blowing up the place, but its super simple (it just cooks food quicker than usual, so you have to watch). We're also seriously lacking in counter space and cupboard space, so all my food is in rubbermaid containers until I figure out a way to store it. My idea is to get a rolling utility cart thing..

The cons about the apartment... well, the bathroom and kitchen don't have windows, so that sucks. There's a little bit of noise now and then (which is what I was feeling panicky about just before.. I'm weird today), but not like other places I've lived. And.. crossing my fingers... I've had no trouble going to sleep (unlike other places where it was fucking noisy when I needed to fall asleep). I'm also a little concerned about proper ventilation (since the gas stove is constantly burning because of the pilot lights).

Also.. my roommate doesn't like doing dishes everyday, and it's actually really bothering me. I'm not really sure how to bring it up though. I don't mind leaving the dishes for a day (two days maximum), but 3 or 4 is ridiculous, and I'm not washing both her dishes and mine. Its been to the point that the sink and what little counter space we have (and all the pots and pans, and we don't have a lot of them) are filled/covered with dirty dishes. In the mean time, I bought a scrubbing wand thing (you put soap in the handle and it dispenses it into an attached sponge.. its kind of awesome ;P), and I'm just going to wash my own dishes. I have time to think of a way to bring it up.

I'm also not clear on how chores are going to be divided up, so I'm guessing we should have a sit down talk about it. I just find she's a bit over sensitive about things, so.. eek

But I'm feeling like if the only thing that really bothers me is the issue of dishes, I'm lucky. Living at the house with all those people really got to me. All their annoying habits, worrying about whether they were going to have a loud drunken rager on Friday night when you need to be up at 7am Saturday morning, passive aggressiveness, noise.. yeah. Things will be fine here.