Funny Yet Accurate

We have lived in our apartment for three years. It has it's perks. It's pretty spacious and light. It is in a nice neighborhood and conveniently located on the bus line (did I mention here that I take the bus to work?) But, it's got some problems.

For one thing, it costs about 1 billion dollars a month to heat. Some rocket scientist came up with the idea of putting the wall heaters right underneath the windows. Well, windows are generally located on exterior walls, also known as the closest walls to the outside. Basically it makes them the least effecient heaters in America. Our apartment is never warm from November until March, even though we spend a fortune to heat the place.

But, now that it is May, the space heaters are really a non-issue. More important is the fact that our toliet only flushes every 8th or 12th or 31st flush -- depending on it's mood. Why this is, we don't know, the the same people management company that has a "no more than three mice per apartment rule" also has a "we aren't sure what the problem is, but we will send someone incompetent out to "fix" it. Oh, and when we say "fix" what we mean is someone who will come and jiggle the handle a bit" policy.

I have a dream that our next apartment will have no mice. I have a dream that our next apartment will be warm in the winter. I have a dream that one day the dryers in the laundry room will dry more than two articles of clothing for less than $3. And, most importantly, I have a dream that my next toilet will flush everytime.

I know I have lofty goals, but on occassion a girl has to shoot for the stars.