Apartment

Alright. I hope the shock of my eating, and enjoying, dog is over. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, read my last post.

I know what you’re thinking. “Wow, Tyler, you haven’t written in a week and now you post a whole bunch.” Well, I’ll be honest.

I didn’t realize it had been a week. Actually, I don’t know how I didn’t see that. I try to be regular, but things were busy and fast.

So back to the weekend. I have one more good story.

I was ready for some downtime when Cindy, one of my leaders, called me and asked if I wanted to go to where my apartment is (for after the program) and stay there on Saturday. Sundays we always spend down at their apartment for a team meeting, so it would be pretty convenient . So, I seized the day.

Carpe diem. Heck yea.

Course, no one had ever lived there. It is fully furnished (I have photos somewhere), but very dusty and dirty. So, I threw some things in a bag and we made the trip. I took inventory and started cleaning. First to sweep. Then to mop.

Oh, did I mention that all floors are tile? Easier to clean or something.

Honestly, give me a vacuum over a mop any day.

So I swept. And mopped. Both rooms, kitchen, and living area. I cleaned the bathroom, wiped off the furniture and shelves, etc. In between all of this, I went to the store with some others and then went out to eat with some of the girls to a Western restaurant. This was an oasis of sorts because it served Starbucks coffee and Hagan-Dazes ice cream. It had some great food, and a live violin player. A great time, to be sure.

So, now we’re back at the apartment after a good meal. Daisy and Ericka came up to show me how to use the washer and fix a few odds and ends. I did some laundry (NOT by hand, but still hang dry) and got ready for bed. I curled up in bed, and dozed off…

…only to awake around 2:30 AM in a sweat. The room was hot. Sweltering. Uncomfortable. Oh, that’s strange, the AC went off. I get the remote and hit the button.

Nothing.

I hit the touch lamp next to me.

Nothing.

Crap. I wander to the window and see lights on in other buildings.

This can only mean one thing.

You see, the week before, I learned that to get electricity, you have a card. You put money on the card and swipe it at your apartment’s meter. When the money runs out…

Well, the power runs out.

Now, it makes sense that there was not a lot of money on the card because no one lived there! I was stuck in a hot apartment.

Try sleeping in a sauna around 80 – 90 degrees and 80 – 100% humidity. Eventually, I did fall back to sleep, and around 8, I could not lay there in my own sweat any longer. So I got up. Thankfully, there was enough hot water in the water heater for a warmish shower to wash the sweat off.

At the time, it was interesting… now it is definitely funny. And, of course, the team kept asking me, with a laugh, “So did you sleep well last night?”

Oh boy, did I ever…