Our apartment flooded a few weeks ago.
It wasn't too bad. We live in a garden-level apartment (known as a basement in most parts of the world) and Chicago had the worst thunderstorm it's seen in over a century. The thunder was so loud that it sounded like someone was crinkling a bag of Sun Chips inside my head. Those poor Chicago sewers just couldn't handle it and so I woke up at 2:30 AM to the sound of water bubbling into our apartment. I saw my shoe sliding on the floor by itself and I thought we had a ghost problem for a second, but then I turned on the lights and it turned out to be only 2-3 inches of water causing my shoe to float. Delma's brother, Sergio, was sleeping on an air mattress in the living room. The water had yet to reach his face, but it was pretty deep. It was cool because it looked like he was slumbering on his own private island.
Despite the amount of water we got, the only casualties were my favorite rug that I bought at Lowe's for $79.99 and my Nintendo DS. It was a first-generation DS so it was due for an update anyways and with the 3DS dropping in price, it's looking more appealing.
Because of that, we're moving into a new apartment next week. The wooden floors are already starting to buckle and I've been told that I need to worry about mold (I have been coughing an awful lot lately). Anyways, we got a nice one-bedroom place in Lakeview that's like 50 feet away from Lake Michigan. I'm not even kidding. It's super close to the lake and, because of that, it's also hecka expensive. It's about the size of the space we're in now, but it's a couple hundred more.
BUT
The building has its own fitness room! With a treadmill! So the next time you see me, I'm going to be all fitnessed up.
It also has a business center (for business matters) and heat is included, which is going to be a major money saver come winter (September?).
It also has carpet instead of hardwood floors which we kinda didn't want because Vicki pees when she's excited and she's excited a lot, but apparently we don't need to pay a deposit so even if Vicki floods the apartment with 2-3 inches of urine, we won't have to pay a dime.
So that's nice.
The most important thing though, and I never realized how important this was, is the fact that we have huge windows that let in a lot of sunlight. You know what the worst thing is about living in a garden-level unit? Not the 2-3 inches of rain. It's the lack of sunlight. I feel like a goblin hiding in a cave. I'm paler than most of my white friends. I get so frustrated and, sure, I could just step outside, but I'm already inside and I'd have to put on pants and my pants are in the bedroom and I'd rather just sit in the kitchen eating prosciutto. But now I can eat prosciutto while sunbathing! I'm super excited about that.
I'm not super excited about the kitchen. It's tiny. Like, about as big as our bathroom. AND no dishwasher. I'm lazy as fuck so I really wanted a dishwasher, but I suppose that's the price you pay for sunlight and a business center.
I'm really looking forward to living there though, especially since Lakeview is a neat area. I'm just not really looking forward to moving. Ugh. Uggggggggh.
UGGGGGGGGGGGH!
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