Sunday, September 6, 2009

The Apartment

Well my daughter is all moved into her first apartment!
It has been a stressful ordeal but we finally got things in. She was supposed to have been moved in over a week earlier, but the apartment wasn't cleaned on schedule. The former tenant was in the military and got orders, and left the place a mess. He was also a smoker and must have burned a lot of candles, so there was actual black soot on the walls. After having a second inspection they decided they would need to paint the place.
The building has to be close to 100 years old, and is really a cool place with all the old charm. But the things it does not have is off street parking for all the tenants and no plug ins for the car for those cold North Dakota winter nights. I am sure we will be getting some calls this winter for some rides when the old jitney doesn't start.
She does not have cable or internet access, she is now realizing how she took for granted quite a few things. I think she will be getting the basic cable all 15 channels, and has to have internet for college. So more expenses ahead.