The Perks of Renting
Why is it that the toilet never makes those ominous burbling sounds when it's clean? And that it only fills alarmingly, threatening to spill its contents all over the floor when those contents are...less than pristine?
Standing in my bathroom doorway at 9 o'clock on a Sunday night, watching the plumber lift the toilet into the tub, the better to deal with the clog, several thoughts ran through my head: A mental note to scrub the bathtub with bleach. Disappointment that the grizzled old man sticking his hand down that hole looked nothing like Mike Delfino. Impatience that I might the start of Studio 60. And relief that I wasn't the one paying for this service call.
There are many things I don't love about renting. The guy next door who can't tell time and doesn't understand how the volume knob on his stereo works. The beige box aspect. Creepy Neighbour Guy. But I do love that I never need to worry about fixing things. I don't worry about not having the know how (I wouldn't anyway; my dad's a pretty handy guy), and, even better, I don't worry about how I'm going to pay for the repairs.
I do, however, worry about the embarrassing state of the toilet. Kinda makes me happy he didn't look like Mike afterall.
Comments
I have the inverse comment. :)
I love living in a house, but there are times where it'd be nice for someone else to be responsible for repairs. Our garage door has required so many repairs and still makes awful grinding noises. Sigh.
That is definitely something I appreciate about apartment living. While I would much rather be in a house with a yard for my kids, being a "solo" mom, I know that I cannot take care of all the things that go along with it.
The past two days, I miss apartment living. No cold water in the bathroom, the pipes froze. There is alot of hot water, however scalding myself in the shower is not appealing. So I run a bath and let it cool for a hour. Oh how I miss the apartment, with its constant supply of hot and cold water!
Yeah, we just had to make the very exciting choice between two plumbing fixes, both of them estimated at $250. Sigh...why does everything have to break at once?
