I think I found my new home!

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by vienna

I'm in the no coffee camp, also. If I ever drink it, it is because there is no alternative source of caffine. The number of times I drink coffee a year is less than the fingers of both my hands. I do like tea, though I often make other people cringe when I drink it strong and neat. As for milk, I also cannot stomach it straight; it has to be a part of some other element...

Regarding the soda, I quite literally live on Coke and really can no longer function without at least a can or two a day

I like Coke well enough, particularly as a substitute for morning coffee... I don't know why, but it just seems better first thing in the morning. But for general consumption I've always been a Pepsi gal. I only buy Coke to take to work and will only drink it at home (provided I have it on hand) if I run out of Pepsi. It's also nice to have some at home for the occasional guest who prefers it.

I very happy for you the moving process has progessed with minimum problems. Did the return of you old apartment keys finally end alright?...

I sent them to the building manager via Express Mail last Tuesday - I have a printed verification of delivery from the USPS saying the Express Mail envelope was delivered on Wednesday morning. I still have not heard anything from the building manager or landlord.

It's very possible that the manager and her husband are out of town on vacation, and have no one on deck to handle things while they are gone. In the past when I had to call them (fortunately this was rare) for emergency situations in the building - serious water leaks, for instance - I've had my call get forwarded to the manager's cell only to get her and be told that they were out of town and I'd have to deal with it myself ("just call a plumber"). On those occasions I'd call the landlord's home directly and he'd come out and fix whatever it was himself.

Of course even if the manager was in town it was like pulling teeth to get her to deal with anything. We once had two families basically living as squatters in an apt she insisted was empty and they did something that resulted in the fire dept coming out and evacuating the building until they could get inside and make sure it was safe. Even when I called about that she was like "well I don't know what you expect me to do, it's the weekend." Gee lady I dunno, HOW ABOUT YOU DO YOUR JOB?