VermontRachel's Profile

My biggest problem is external noise/smells. My college student upstairs neighbors access their apartment via an external staircase that is right next to my bedroom window, and I swear they always wear boots. I live across the street from a basketball court, and in the summer it attracts several would be basketball stars at 2 am. I leave the windows open on hotter days because I don't have a/c, which works fine until a skunk rambles by in the early morning, my dog barks at the skunk, the skunk sprays, and I wake up to a foul skunk taste in my mouth.

I know - these are the kinds of problems that can only be solved by moving...

As a Peace Corps volunteer in Bulgaria I lived in a 12 by 12 foot studio apartment. It included a bathroom with an open shower (i.e. nozzle on the wall next to the toilet, drain on the floor) and a closet. I had a bed, a desk, a shelf, a mini fridge and an electric stove/oven unit on a table next to the fridge. Outside my window was a clothesline unit to dry my clothes on. I painted the walls blue the first week I moved in. Although it was small, there was something very peaceful and cozy about it. I definitely learned how to keep a small place clean (hint - cut down on clutter!).