Our Residence for the Summer (Can't Bring Myself to Call it our Home).

Here is the story of our apartment... and by the way, it is a horror story.

Here we are right when we pulled into the driveway for the first time--happy and naive,
not knowing what was lurking inside this house. 

When we walked inside it smelled so bad! And we soon found the reason why...

We weren't sure, but we decided it was probably a dead baby otter rotting in our sink. 

What a WELCOME HOME right?! Not only was this crap in the sink, but it was EVERYWHERE. All over the counters, seeped into the cupboards, on the dishes, all over the floors. Just everywhere was covered in this nasty, smelly, slimy, gunk. It was dis.gust.ing. This "stuff" must have clogged the sink and flooded the kitchen/family room area. We had to wait a day and finally the landlord came over with a snake to unclog it.

Since the first night we were here, we have come to HATE this apartment.
Here are just a few of our favorite things about this place...

The apartment is probably around 400 square feet. One bedroom. Our kitchen is tiny. No dishwasher, half of an oven, so so so small.

Keep in mind- that is like a third of our apartment right there. 

We kill spiders and find dead rolly-pollies on a daily basis. (How do they get in here?) I have never liked spiders but since living here, I have grown even more scared of them. Not only do we have these mutant, scary beetle-looking spiders but they surprise scare me almost every day. I have NOT gotten used to it. I still get scared every time. PLUS!!! We have had two separate occasions when the spiders have had BABIES here!! One day I heard Ryan yell, "Don't come in here!" So of course I run over to see what's happening. Yep. Bad idea. Spiders. Dozens and dozens of them crawling out of the top of the hall closet. Little, tiny, baby spiders that will grow into big, creepy, sick, spiders except that we will KILL THEM. (Thankfully my brave, warrior husband takes care of that part). We also had a similar experience finding tons of baby spiders in our bathroom. These are the types of experiences that make you very paranoid to live in your own house.

Dead Rolly-Pollies. All over. Every day. I seriously have NO idea how they get in here. 

Here is one of the mutant spiders that we found in our house last night. Sooooo creepy I wanna die.
OH MY GOSH!!!! I just had a gross realization!! Is this spider PREGNANT?! 
I mean look at that Ba-donka-donk!! It has to be pregnant! Oh. My. Gosh.
I have the worst heebie jeebies right now. I can't believe I didn't notice this earlier! 
That would have been the THIRD spider to have babies here. Gosh, I can't wait to leave this place!! 

So because our move was only for a few months, we only brought what would fit in our car. So we have been sleeping on an air mattress all summer. It's hilarious because every time one of us moves or gets up to go pee (thanks to pregnancy, that is multiple times a night) the bed not only redistributes the air to wake the other person, but there is no carpet, so it squeaks so bad and it's so noisy every time someone moves or gets up. It's really actually hilarious. However, it is the NICEST air mattress ever. Thank you to Ryan's parents for the super convenient b-day present they gave him last year! Who knew we would end up sleeping on it all summer? However, we are really looking forward to our normal, real bed back in Indiana.

 Our toilet sometimes leaks brown water out of the side, onto the floor. Most of the time it's just "clear," (probably because Ryan and I stay hydrated). ha! We keep paper towels next to it to soak up any leakage. It leaks spontaneously so sometimes the towels will be dry for a week or more. Other times they are wet often. It's gross. I know. I promise I do my best to keep this place clean but it's just old and crappy and no matter how much I clean, it just always feels dirty.

Here is a freshly wet paper towel before I changed it out. I know, I know. It's totally gross but I want to PROVE to my children where we lived, "when we were newlyweds." We check these every day to see if they are wet and need to be changed out. Then we Lysol the floor and try to make it sanitary.
Sorry if you need therapy now. 

The whole place reeks. It has a moldy-poo smell. It makes me sick. No seriously. It makes me physically sick. Remember how pregnant people get a sixth sense of super-smell? That is THE WORST super power to have when you live in this apartment. Exhibit A: We have had Glade plug-ins all summer to help mask the smell, but last week they ran out and since we are moving next week, I didn't want to buy more. So, the first day the plug-ins are gone I left the apartment to take Ryan to the train. When I returned and came through the front door, I caught a whiff of this apartment's true smell and I gagged. I then proceeded to vomit all over the bathroom floor. Almost made it to the toilet... but not quite.

I think this place is preparing us very well for the
dirty diaper smell coming in January. 

 It is loud! It's a duplex. The only thing that separates us from our neighbors is a door. No insulation or sound barrier. We can seriously hear them ALL the time. Plus they have three kids and a dog. The first night, I was irate. I told Ryan there was no way in Hades that I was going to live here. Our neighbor has a very "colorful" vocabulary and speaks at least a million decibels higher than the loudest person I know. However, after some nice chats, they have really quieted down a lot and they are really nice, friendly people. But we still hear them all the time.

We also live 10ish mins. from the airport so we get to hear airplanes taking off all day and all night :) 

The weather here. Every. Day. We didn't get a summer. It's always cold. It is always foggy/cloudy. If you are a vampire, or have an allergic reaction to the sun, you should move to Daly City. If you hate  sunshine, summer, or happiness, move here. If you want to become poor, move here. If you want depression, move here.

This was the fourth of July. Depressing.

Every day. Sometimes we get lucky and it gets into the 60's.  

This is our street. It actually looks like this everyday. I'm NOT kidding. This photo was taken in July.

This photo was taken in August. It is always like this and it is realllllllly starting to depress me.
I really miss the sun. 

Oh my gosh. So An adventure just happened while I was writing this post. HILARIOUS that as I am writing about our crappy apartment this just happens...

This apartment is so well constructed.

That is our cupboard. It just FELL OFF THE WALL. hahahaha this is seriously hilarious that this just happened while writing this post. Wow. Our apartment has the shoddiest workmanship imaginable. Everything is so cheaply put together and stuff breaks all the time.

On a brighter note. The girl who lived here before didn't want to get a storage unit and so she offered to leave a bunch of her things like her kitchen table and chairs, a couch, a bookshelf, lamps etc. This has really come in handy and we are grateful for that. Also, we have a tiny backyard. Very filled with weeds and spiders so I don't like to go out there, but it does have a pretty view. We've only seen the view about two times considering that it is always too foggy to see, but on those two days, it was a nice view to have. Also, the backyard has a lemon tree. I have enjoyed plucking fresh lemons from the tree as needed.

Most days you can't see beyond the trees but it's pretty beyond that!
 And the lemons have come in handy. 

I know this post is pretty negative and filled my whining. But that's life. Sometimes it is hard and sometimes bad stuff happens or we have to live in crappy places and when I'm not crying about it, Ryan and I just laugh. I really wanted to capture some of these details so we can look back on it and remember what it was like. Living here has given us a huge appreciation for living...well, anywhere else. We have been counting down the days til we get to move away. No really we have been counting down the days. I even made a paper chain.

Every night we rip one off and we are one day closer to leaving this place :)