You Can Keep Your

You Can Keep Your Housing!

I hate apartments… I REALLY hate apartments…but it wasn’t always that way!

The first time I experienced apartment style living was in college.  I loved it.  I enjoyed being around all my friends.  I liked the excitement of people doing different things every night.  When you live in a dorm, it isn’t hard to find someone to drink with any night of the week.  You could always find someone to go in on a pizza with you and occasionally (and very rarely) you could find someone to study with.

Then, I remember the first apartment that I moved into all by myself.  I miss that apartment.  I had such pride in being able to pay for an apartment all on my own.  It didn’t matter that it was bleeding my bank account dry…I just loved the freedom.

But now three years later and sixteen months into another apartment, I’ve had it.  Nothing would signify the american dream more than having a stand-alone building with a yard.

I can’t handle another night with a baby crying!

I can’t handle the smell of curry wafting through every crevice.  I mean really, the smell starts at 10:30am and doesn’t stop till midnight.

Even as I write this, it sounds like the people upstairs are hosting a rugby match or having couch races or killing a boar.

Some nights before I fall asleep,  I rest my eyes and try to have happy thoughts on my future.  On day, I envision walking out of my front door and actually being outside.  I imagine having friends over and actually cooking hamburgers on a grill and not on a George Forman.  And as I wander off to sleep, I’m normally startled awake by a loud bang of my neighbors.