I live two blocks from the city center but yet I have to go outside my back door to use the toilet. In this photo, I tried to capture the scope of the problem but I couldn't back up far enough to get a good shot. There's a wall behind me separating our property from the neighbors. That's the back door to my kitchen to the right. June was the coldest one of the past 30 years. I spent $100 heating my apartment and I was only here for 2 weeks. I hate to see what my July electric bill will be. We are off to a cold start and I'll have to do a better job of keeping the electricity in check. I already turn the heater off when I'm not around during the day and have sealed off my living room.
My apartment was built in the 1890s when tuberculosis was a public health crisis. The prevailing theory of the time was to ventilate the buildings. My living room has a 20 foot high ceiling with a window that encompasses the entire height of the room. Wish me luck and I hope that I don't come down with an illness that forces me to visit the toilet often. I think that I will move in with my sister if that happens.
No comments:
Post a Comment