It has begun
27 Dec 2022 02:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wayfaringwordhack We have begun moving things to the new flat. :D
One of the bedrooms has been cleaned and has a lock on the door, and we have our own set of keys now.
The landlady's cleaning lady is there and so far, I believe I am going to be doing some cleaning myself. I saw her cleaning the front door, then went back an hour later and see that the door looks "like it has been cleaned" but not like "it is clean," if you understand the difference. The baseboards in the living room will be another test. She hasn't swept and mopped* in there yet, but something tells me, the smudges will stay on the walls and the baseboards will not be cleaned of their 10 years of dust. We'll see. She isn't my cleaning lady and I am not paying her, so I don't feel comfortable pointing out how things could be done better.
A bit of bad news: Someone tried to break into the apartment and forced one of the windows. It is one of three** that doesn't have bars, so the owners are going to get some installed there. I hate living with bars everywhere, but it is the price to pay for having a ground-floor flat.
A bit of I-hope-I-am-wrong news: I feel like I am coming down with something. I have had an itchy throat for two days and last night, I woke up coughing. Today, I feel like I need to lie down because my energy just plummeted. I have taken essential oils and am right now doing a round on the nebulizer*** in hopes of staving off whatever this is.
Now is not the time to get sick.
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* All floors are either marble or tile.
** The other two have electric shutters, but the shutters weren't down. However, those two windows are on the front of the building and anyone up to no good is more likely to be seen forcing an entry there.
*** which is why I have the time to type this up. :P
One of the bedrooms has been cleaned and has a lock on the door, and we have our own set of keys now.
The landlady's cleaning lady is there and so far, I believe I am going to be doing some cleaning myself. I saw her cleaning the front door, then went back an hour later and see that the door looks "like it has been cleaned" but not like "it is clean," if you understand the difference. The baseboards in the living room will be another test. She hasn't swept and mopped* in there yet, but something tells me, the smudges will stay on the walls and the baseboards will not be cleaned of their 10 years of dust. We'll see. She isn't my cleaning lady and I am not paying her, so I don't feel comfortable pointing out how things could be done better.
A bit of bad news: Someone tried to break into the apartment and forced one of the windows. It is one of three** that doesn't have bars, so the owners are going to get some installed there. I hate living with bars everywhere, but it is the price to pay for having a ground-floor flat.
A bit of I-hope-I-am-wrong news: I feel like I am coming down with something. I have had an itchy throat for two days and last night, I woke up coughing. Today, I feel like I need to lie down because my energy just plummeted. I have taken essential oils and am right now doing a round on the nebulizer*** in hopes of staving off whatever this is.
Now is not the time to get sick.
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* All floors are either marble or tile.
** The other two have electric shutters, but the shutters weren't down. However, those two windows are on the front of the building and anyone up to no good is more likely to be seen forcing an entry there.
*** which is why I have the time to type this up. :P
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Date: 27 Dec 2022 01:32 pm (UTC)Fingers crossed that you do manage to stave off the ick?
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Date: 27 Dec 2022 05:05 pm (UTC)It is the same area we live in now, just 250-300 meters down the road. Sadly ground-floor flats are just notorious for being easy pickings. :(