Riches to Rags?

I can't believe its been almost 3 weeks since I wrote my last blog. Time flies fast ! I must say that our move from riches to rags (no offense my "friend-from-across-the-street") was much more painful than I thought. I shouldn't be really complaining, since we moved to a ground-floor apartment, and that too across from the laundry room - we have been spoilt by the in-house washing capabilities of our previous condo.

Our adventures of the "case of the missing reflector bowls" started when we realized that the kitchen stove in our new apartment was nothing but a set of four bottomless dark pit - it was missing that essential piece of equipment that would keep up our pots and pans to perform our daily cooking ritual. Little did we realize that this would require the genius of a PhD mind, the tenacity of an MS student, and the moral support of a nondescript roommate, plus a visit to all the stores in corvallis to fix this problem. I do not remember how many bowls we bought, and what worked and what did not, and how many returns we did at the stores. All I remember is, we eventually got three of the stove burners working, so we are not starving anymore. Did I forget to mention that we had similar problems in replacing our old condo's kitchen stove reflector bowls ?

Speaking of our old condo, it took us almost a week's time to clean up the apartment. Not that we left it in a messy condition - just that we wanted to get all of our $1000 (you heard it right !) deposit back. I think we ended up cleaning the place a little bit more than what it was at the time it was given to us. No, I don't expect the management to pay us for the cleaning - maybe a phone call to clean this other place that somebody had vacated. So basically a week to move, and a week to clean ... the following week - well I was just catching up from all the time we spent on moving and cleaning. There, I have accounted for all the missing time ! Our new place has turned out to be a nice cosy (and stuffy - I am sure my roommates would understand this ...) place for us now, and I am starting to like it!
La Fawn Duh ROCKS!!