Yes, I figure I have kept you in the dark for long enough. It’s time to show off the appartment. Not in pictures, yet. But a couple of videos.

Video the first: http://youtube.com/watch?v=O8eLyapMTh8. This is from the first day. In fact it is a video of the first time I open the door and step inside. A brand new world. It’s small, the floors are worn, there are splotches on the walls, it’s all mine.

Second of the video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pBGC1FlHwNg. A couple of days later. We have started moving stuff in. So now there are boxes on the floor. And a shopping kart even, we used that to help move the bigger stuff. Also a look through the peeping hole.

So there you go. A little look, at least.

It was a grey morn, today. Still, it has been so warm. So I decided not to bring a jacket when I went to the playground to feed the animals. Of course it started raining. But not too much. Just a drizzle. Nice and cooling. Nice to see all the animals again. And they all seemed happy to see me as well. I almost fell asleep on the couch inside, with Nina lying next to me on the big hackysack pillows. She got very comfy and looked like she could use a nap too.

Later on I went shopping in City Vest. There are no less than 3 places where you can buy slush ice. Amazing. I used to have to go all the way downtown to get them. A special and rare treat. Now I can just pop around the corner. Cold goodness. I ran into Cafer again. He probably lives somewhere around here. Maybe we should get together some time. Maybe I should hold candlelight suppers. You never know. I would probably need an oven first though. I don’t think fried eggs will cut it for a fancy dinner. Today I made bacon. Put it on a sandwich with cheese. I also bought tomatoes and cucumber and iceberg salad and made myself a veritable treat of saladness. It may not be very fancy either, but my tastes are simple.

Now I am sleepy and the comfy bed awaits. Night all.

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Current music: The Smashing Pumpkins – Soot & Stars
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When it rains it pours. And the squeaky wheel gets the grease. And other such proverbs.

I was woken up at 7:53 this morning. The super came to change the locks. He was actually supposed to slip in a note asking me to call him and arrange a time where he could come and do it. But he skipped that part, I guess. And my locks are now changed. That’s good, nice to know that there are no wayward copies of keys floating around. And hopefully I’ll be able to get into the storage room in the basement too, I haven’t tried that yet.

When the super left I went back to bed to sleep a little more. Twenty minutes later my phone rang. It was the drape master. He told me that my drapes would be ready after noon on Monday. But if it was okay with me then he’d swing by my appartment in 15 minutes and get the glider sawn and up on the wall and do the rest of the preparations. That was perfectly fine with me, so he came around. And now everything is ready for the drapes. I’ll go pick them up on Monday and then I’ll finally be able to walk around naked all day.

Actually I am naked as I type this. I just had a nice shower. My first long “sitdown” shower. I like sitting in the shower and letting the water wash over me. Of course now I have to pay the water bill myself so I can’t really sit there for an hour. But a good 20 minutes, I can afford that. And now I feel so fresh and so clean clean.

He was very nice, the drape master. You might remember that I described him as an “oldtimey” sort of shopkeeper who seemed to care a lot about his field of work and the customers. And that feeling continued today. He seemed very interested and we talked for a bit while he worked. Talked about the appartment and the neighbourhood and my parents and so on and so forth. He asked if he had woke me up when he called, and apologised when I answered affirmatively. I assured him that it was okay.

My dad came around earlier. To help me with one of the lamps I bought. Did I mention that? The wire was cut. So he came and attached an electrical plug thing, and now it works. Let there be light. Tomorrow I’m going to go feed the animals and after that I’ll swing by the old house and help him out with some computer stuff. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.

And the world does turn, nice and easy.