So, if this is about our adventures, I must be honest and open about our adventures. It's not all sunshine and rainbows. In fact, today is pretty nasty and gloomy, including a constant mist of rain, that the kids and I walked through because we HAD to go to the grocery store, and we have no vehicle, still.
So, we moved in to our apartment on Wednesday last week. In all honesty, for the most part, when you walk through our door, I love our place. It's the perfect size so it's not too much to keep up with. It's big enough for our stuff, but not too cramped. I don't care for our outdated stove/oven, or the radiator heaters, but I'm sure I'll get use to those. There are things that are different, like they don't have door knobs (there you go Deacon Nathan ;-)). Instead, they have door handles, like this. Everywhere has them, which is quite different than the states. And, none of the bedroom doors have locks. I'm not sure yet if that's good or bad. And there is tons of storage through closets, which I think i'm going to love.
After we moved in, we learned that we have a storage room in the basement. YAY! This put all of my worries to rest, because I wondered where we'd store our Christmas decorations, winter clothes, etc. There is also a community room in the basement, where we can have parties, garage sales, etc. However, this is where our woes come in. We learned that this building was scheduled for demolition and to build townhomes here. But, because of budget cuts, they renovated them and reopened them. No one has lived here since 2005 it seems. But, they didn't FINISH renovating before moving us in.
The community room is disgusting. It has a small 'storage' room off the side that is COVERED in mold. Right below our master bathroom. The bathrooms down there are down right gross. So much so that'd I'd go to the bathroom outside before using it. And there is graffiti all over the doors. In fact, I think I may just share a few pictures we took as proof.
The mold room
The floor in the mold room
One of the rooms downstairs that includes heating, storage, bike room, etc.
Everyone in our unit has raised complaints to housing, and gone to commanders. We are now being told that it will be cleaned up and taken care of by the end of the month. Prayers are appreciated that it is and we can begin to relax and enjoy our new place without feeling so disgusting.
Aside from that, we have found out our van will be here tomorrow. YAY! I could not be any happier. I am not one who likes to stay at home, and have felt so trapped without a vehicle! We also found out that our household goods are here. We don't know how long they have been here, because the movers in CO messed up and mixed up my husband's first and last name, so the people here were incredibly confused for some reason. So, that is all being delivered on Tuesday.
In other news, we have a home phone for the first time in our married lives. Which would be great, if it worked. It stopped working last night, and people say that the internet/phone company on base is horrible and this happens all the time. They also said they often send you your bill late, then try to charge you a late fee. HAHA! I dare them! I will be in their office so fast. ::Ahh....:: These are the type of things I'm NOT looking forward to. At least we'll be able to site-see a lot and explore very soon.
