Archive for January 2009
Maine: Day 1
Arrived in Maine on Saturday around 4pm after a pleasant drive from Troy, NY. I drove the moving truck, with Boris as the copilot and Ariel drove her car full of our junk. Juanita Bean-Smith left us a key at her agency for our new apartment, it was hidden in a goose. As we got into the apartment the first thing I noticed was the stale smell of cigarettes and soon realized the neighbor hacking from a smoker’s cough. The apratment is somewhat small, a one bedroom trying to be a studio. I have been told that it is the oldest house in Farmington. The appliances are newish and the bathroom is sad (it also where the smoke smell is most pungent). The bedroom is a room the divides the kitchen from the livingroom and allows the only access between the two. The kitchen is a good size and allows enough room for a small table. Off of the kitchen is a storage space that is unfinished with a small cabinet. There are no closets.
Ariel and I ordered a pizza from the Farmington House of Pizza and walked a few blocks to pick it up. I left my Orangina drink and they called to tell me later, I’ll pick it uo tommorow. Finally we opened the bottle of wine that Casey and Andy gave us ove a year and a half ago for my birthday. It was good! Actually it was great and I wish I had opened it a year ago. Both Ariel and I attempted to do a few things like set up the bed and hang some curtains but were defeated by the strange entertainment center shelf and the blinds that fell off the wall when drawn. Wine drinking led to sleepyness and Ariel fell asleep on the weird 1980’s couch that was left here.
