“Under whelmed” (and that's putting it politely). As it turned out, the bathrooms and floors weren't the only things unfinished. By the first evening, we had a whole list of work orders for the maintenance guy: exposed carpet tack in the doorway to the bathroom, a broken drawer in the kitchen, missing screens on our storm windows, pieces missing from the fridge, a malfunctioning thermostat in Eva's room, etc. The neighbor upstairs has a booming entertainment center, and stays up to the wee hours playing video games that sound like thunder coming through the ceiling. The kitchen is half the size ours was at home, our master bedroom won't fit all our furniture, and there's so little cabinet and closet space we had to pay extra for a storage area, but it's only a six month lease, so we'll be fine for now.
It's in a good neighborhood, right across the street from the community college. We have a washer and dryer in our unit, and though they're so tiny that two bath towels make a full load, it sure beats trucking back and forth to a laundry room with two kids. The living room is very spacious, and having everything on one level is so refreshing. There's a theater and outlet mall just down the street, and plenty of restaurants and other shopping nearby. Tomorrow, Dave's first day at work, Mom and I will take the girls driving around the neighborhood while they're working on our apartment, and try to get the lay of the land.
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