Sometime we laugh at how great our apartment experience has been. Things that most people would hate have actually worked out really well for us. Let me name a few...
First, the railroad tracks. Every morning we are awaken by the sound of trains moving, which slightly sounds like an earth shattering apocalyptic war. And it isn't just a train passing through--the trains park here. Have you ever heard a train stop or start--sounds like a line of crashing cars. Normally this would be awful, but we actually prefer waking to this over our buzzing alarm clock. And because of the steady morning wake up call, I am starting to become a morning person. Bryan makes us breakfast as we sit and chat over the metallic squealing and crashing that shakes our household. Occasionally, they park the train there overnight and we like to climb the cars and admire the amazing graffiti work. And the best part, we have the cheapest rent in Davis [which is not very cheap at all].
Second, lack of space. Take two people who lived in houses in college and then put them together into a one bedroom apartment. Hilarious! We've got Bryan's closet acting like a part time garage with all his tools, our bed is ridiculously high [you have to get a running jump just to get on] just so we can store camping gear and board games underneath and our collapsable dining table stores buckets underneath that we use as chairs. It's fun figuring out how to fit everything--kinda like the adult version of Tetris.
And finally, the parking lot puddle. I really wish I had a picture to show you, but every time it rains [even if for a little bit] our parking lot floods. Sometimes we hear our neighbors complaining and begging management to fix it, but Bryan and I cross our fingers that they don't. It gets really exciting coming home when you get to tear through a giant puddle before you park or have puddle jumping adventures or watch your dog go for an afternoon swim in your parking lot.
Someday, B and I will be ready to move onto something bigger and better [like an apartment that has a bathroom where your guests don't have to go through your bedroom to get to it], but for now we're pretty happy where we're at.
