{"id":26,"date":"2012-08-19T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/2012\/08\/19\/on-campus-to-off-camps-shock\/"},"modified":"2012-08-19T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T17:20:00","slug":"on-campus-to-off-camps-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/on-campus-to-off-camps-shock\/","title":{"rendered":"on-campus to off-camps shock"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Heritage Halls <\/a>were wonderful. (Click to see pictures of them). They were beautiful and I have nothing bad to say about them ever. \u00a0We were the first ones to live in them. They were spacious and clean and wonderful. \u00a0Never-been-slept-in beds, never-been-sat-on couches, never-been-flushed toilets, and never-been-used showers.<\/p>\n

Then I look at my off-campus apartment for this year – much, much cheaper in rent – and we’re gettin that quality. \u00a0I have to say when we toured the apartment I did not think it was all that bad. \u00a0It looked pretty clean and livable. \u00a0Probably because we didn’t look in all the nooks and crannies.<\/p>\n

I am scared to SHOWER in the bathrooms. \u00a0Seriously – how many people have showered in there? \u00a0How much hair has been lost by how many girls in those drains? I’m also taller than the shower so I have to bend my knees a whole lot \ud83d\ude41 \u00a0How would boys shower in those? (well, tall boys).
The carpets have apparently been cleaned but they don’t look like they’ve ever been replaced in the last twenty years. \u00a0 There is this apparent odor throughout. \u00a0The air conditioning is slightly….NOT WORKING. Luckily this isn’t Arizona or I’d be out of there in a heartbeat. Even though it does feel like it’s 95 degrees in there.
There are areas of this apartment that don’t look like they’ve ever been dusted. \u00a0How did the previous people ever get away with cleaning checks? \u00a0The inside of the cupboards are all stained.<\/p>\n

Last night I made a Target run (while getting lost multiple times along the way) to pick up some necessities for the apartment. \u00a0Like a fan, shelf-liner, air fresheners, and some basic cleaning supplies. \u00a0We bleached all the insides of the cupboards. \u00a0I don’t even want to touch the showers. \u00a0Guess I’m going to break out those early morning custodial skills once again!<\/p>\n

Now onto the good part.
This apartment is very close to campus so \u00a0I can walk no problemo. \u00a0 Everyone that we’ve talked to says the ward is very social and fun. \u00a0I get to live with all of my same roommates from last year. \u00a0Once we turn this apartment into a home we’ll be all set. \u00a0We can make this apartment wonderful and make our experience fun because WE are wonderful and fun. \u00a0There is an upstairs where all the bedrooms are so if I want to go to bed earlier there will be less noise. \u00a0And, there are much worse apartments out there. \u00a0For the price we’re paying, we really can’t complain.<\/p>\n

Pictures to come soon…<\/p>\n

Have you ever lived in an apartment that wasn’t very livable? \u00a0How’d you make it your home? Stories and suggestions please \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New Heritage Halls were wonderful. (Click to see pictures of them). They were beautiful and I have nothing bad to say about them ever. \u00a0We were the first ones to live in them. They were spacious and clean and wonderful. \u00a0Never-been-slept-in beds, never-been-sat-on couches, never-been-flushed toilets, and never-been-used showers. Then I look at my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}