i've lived in apartments on and off for about twelve years now, and i have often found myself with the following dilemma when staying in an older place in a building that was not 'designed' to be an apartment.
when something is really not cool about the place you are living in, do you a) fix it, knowing that it is left behind when you leave or b) deal with it and be less happy. generally, this is an easy decision - do i paint this room, do i change this light, do i add a dimmer switch... unfortunately, i am currently challenged by what i describe as 'icky shower.'
'icky shower' is one of those vinyl 'glue on the wall' shower walls... the only problem is that it's old, they didn't do it right, and the seams appear to have developed some friendly microbes over time and to be honest, i'm tired of sharing my apartment with them. i went on a cleaning frenzy last night instead of working on work from my laptop - my normal method of giving entirely too much of my free time away to work, and procrastinating on doing the things to my apartment that need done... it was a nice change :)
after all the cleaning, i realized i need to get the walls painted in there and take care of other things, but the shower definitely bugs me more than anything, and i should do that before painting - or at least i think so.
i guess i'll do some research this weekend and see how what it's going to cost me if i decide to do this... vs. what it cost me if i dont :)
anyway, that's all from the blog for now. i thought i might start using this to put odd thoughts in, and you can feel free to tell me you don't want to get spammed with this... i won't feel bad... okay, maybe a little, but i'll get over it.
i'd better get back to work...
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