Life in 4/220

My flat is great! I've got three large windows with view of the inner courtyard. It's equipped with my own kitchen, mini kitchen table, desk, large wardrobe, and bathroom. Although I complained about hauling so many things, I appreciate my Mother for stuffing the body-bag-like duffel bag with a comforter, pillow, sheets, towels (every size), three month’s supply of toiletries, kitchen sponges, Clorox wipes, a lamp, a bathroom rug, (yes to all of these) and much more. Only a Cuban mother! On top of that, the Mizzou girl that lived in this room last semester left her European blow dryer and straightener…how perfect. I didn’t bring my American ones since I had heard Katie and Christy’s stories about blowing the entire fuse of a building with their chi's when they studied in London, and I didn't want to be held accountable for such things.

But here are the downfalls.
-I don’t get internet until Monday! This means no email/Skype until then. I feel disconnected from the world.
-I don’t get hot water until Monday either! I had been in the same clothes for three days and was DESPERATE for a shower. I couldn't handle myself any longer so I sucked it up. Well, I tried-- I LITERALLY got the wind knocked out of me when I stood under that FREEZING water. I couldn’t breathe!! It was painful. But in the end, I was clean.
-The plug adapter converter I brought is square shaped and, of course, these sockets are sunken-in circles. Since the birds and the bees don’t work that way, this means I have no computer/MUSIC until I find the right converter…bahh!

The complete, utter silence in 4/220 is making me a bit sad!!