apartment blundering

this morning.

let me just tell you what happened.

at around 2:45 an alarm slowly woke tim and i out of our sleep.

it wasn't terrifying fire alarm loud

but it was loud enough that a loud thunderstorm cd

and a tv set at volume 30

could not drown it out.

luckily i went to work early this morning.

but tim did not and could not go back to sleep.

i'm beginning to see why people don't want to live in apartment complexes.

i mean,

its nice when a light bulb goes out

and that you don't have to mow your yard

but it isn't nice when people leave trash all over the place

and leftover takeout bags full of rotten food for your dog to find and eat

or when you get your water shut off for three days for maintenance

and when fire alarms terrify you out of your slumber

or annoying ones coming from some apartment under construction

or when your mailbox key doesn't work because the keys are cheaply copied

and when the shower rod constantly attacks you when you bathe because it also is cheaply made

or when your mirror doesn't clean properly because it's not quite a mirror

and when you have to park a mile away at night when you close

oh... and when they do fire alarm testing and you can't be home so your dog poops on the carpet because he's so frightened.

ahhh apartment life :)

i really am not trying to be debbie downer

i really am smiling because i think it's almost comical what's been going on here this week

so here's the great part about today:

birthday dinner for amber!!!!

we are going to head to wicker park here in a couple of hours for some thai food..... amber's choice, as she was the birthday girl yesterday

she's my hero for choosing thai

it's my favorite

♥

i am also making her brownies on crack... which i'll post pictures of because they are soooo on crack. but they're delicious and i hope she likes them!

tomorrow morning we will head home to indiana

where i will see james, my chiropractor (yay!!!)

go to beasley's orchard with my momma and hopefully my sister

have a golden anniversary dinner for my grandparents and family at red lobster

see my old union family and help lead worship

see my mom and dad in law

i am so so SO blessed to have the whole family that i have.

couldn't be luckier

♥