Philly life, so far

Hello all! I have been without internet since Sunday, except for a brief stint at a friend’s house. I think I can say with certainty that I have an internet addiction. My source of moral support has been cut out from under me, just when I needed it. Thankfully, I’ve already met some amazing friends here to keep me sane. It was a blessing to have Brad here first to meet people and have friends waiting for me to arrive. Right now I’m illegally using an unsecured network in the area to make this post that I typed in a Word document. Don’t tell. :o)

Our house is pretty much beyond a description I could put on here. I will share a few tidbits though. We’ve lost about 2/3 of our living space, so I’m feeling a little cramped. Also, the closets here are too small for hangers to go in perpendicular, so the bars go the other way so the hangers are parallel to the closet. In other words, they are pretty useless. Sugar’s room doesn’t even have one and there is no linen closet. The wardrobes we bought at IKEA, though not abnormally large, take up a good portion of the rooms.

Outlets are gold here. Each room only has 2 or 3 outlets at most, and most of those are only for 2 prong, not 3. The halls don’t have outlets for those late night potty runs or vacuuming.
The biggest seating we could get in the living room is a love seat. We had to sell our entertainment center because it was too big for the room. And lots of wall space is taken up by the large radiant heaters.

The halls are so narrow and awkward that we had to buy split box springs for our queen bed. I am counting my blessings that they managed to get our dresser up the stairs.

I don’t mean to sound like I am complaining because the house does have some good points, but the things that are wrong with it are so outrageously bad, it is almost laughable. I’ve had my mom rolling a couple of times with my tales. Like the dishwasher. It is on wheels and there is a hose that you take out to attach to a faucet in the sink and then you plug it in to one of the 2 outlets in the kitchen. The first time we used it, bubbles went everywhere. The first time we used the stove, it made a stench so wretched that we had to leave the house. And we’ve just been in this house for 5 days.

I could go on, but I’ve complained enough. Hopefully I get internet access soon and I can share more craziness. I think pictures are a must for this house, though you’ll need to give me some time for that.