I finally feel like I’m finally settling into our apartment. The entire living area has pictures up (although some frames still need to be filled). We had a couple of friends over for a while and they’ve left now, allowing Peter to go back into his normal bedroom. And I also paid my first month of regular rent.

I’m enjoying my apartment. I already had to get an appliance repaired. I was cooking a carrot cake in the oven and heard a strange noise. Upon further investigation, it looked like my oven was trying to time travel, with a bright white light coming out of it. Part of the heating element burnt through. Luckily, the carrot cake was saved by the toaster oven, and the oven was repaired in a couple days.

We do have a couple of horrid neighbors that have managed to keep us up at night. One morning I was going about my business and heard a strange noise. I couldn’t decided if it was the wind, an animal, or a baby being horribly mistreated. I opened the window and scared away a cat. There are these two cats that will stare each other down and start this kitty chorus of meows and howls and all sorts of strange cat noises. This can happen in the middle of the night, right outside the bedroom. My husband has contemplated anti-freeze. I think it might be useful to at least have a bucket of rocks we can throw from the patio. The kitty chorus only deserves boos and rotten fruit, but occasionally ends up with a captive audience that would much prefer sleep.