Brrrrr!

Talk about winter with a vengeance! We have single digit temps today, and boy do I feel that in this apartment sieve. Even with the thermostat cranked up to 90, its barely 60 in here. Despite all my good efforts to caulk, cover, and coat, the wind just comes in at will. The plastic on the windows bellies out with frozen air, the floor is frigid, the stripping in the doorframe totally ineffective.

That's what I get for living in such a decrepit place. I jump into bed, pull all four blankets and quilts up to my nose, and shiver. I definitely have to move to a better place as soon as the lease is up. No good calling the manager. They still haven't addressed even a third of the broken things on my move in list. I'm sure they think its a big joke. But I am for sure telling the college to take them off the suggested rental list.

It gives me pause though. I know there are many people living in just such substandard housing whose landlords don't give a hoot either. And I doubt that they have the option of moving. Not to mention people living on the street. How on earth do they survive? And what of those who have been hit by some disaster and have yet to recover enough to get into decent housing?

Well, I can't help much from this vantage point. I guess for now, I'll just concentrate on staying warm. At least the furnace is working!