Jacque in Jakarta: The grass is always greener...

This past week, Alexander and I moved into a new apartment. We were excited to have more storage space, hot water and a bigger bed. However, we didn't make the connection that with more storage there's more places for roaches to hide, that in a hot environment there's little need for hot showers, and that a bigger bed means the full size sheets we have don't fit.

Thus, our first night here we spent four hours cleaning out the kitchen cabinets and taping cracks of possible entry and laying down chalk that's supposed to kill roaches on contact. Over the weekend, we've spent several more hours scrubbing floors and cabinets and moving furniture to clean behind everything in an attempt to exterminate all the roaches.

As for the hot water, I think our bodies have gotten so used to cold showers that a hot one isn't that enjoyable. In fact, I generally enjoyed the cold showers compared to the hot ones. A hot shower just isn't as refreshing as a cold shower when the temperature is so warm outside.

And our bed is much larger and higher, but the sheets we brought were for a full sized bed. So, we spent Saturday shopping for sheets that would fit, and were surprised to find cotton sheets on sale for about 80USD including the fifty percent discount. We eventually managed to find some sheets for a reasonable 30USD.

As the saying goes,"the grass is always greener on the other side." On a positive note, while cleaning we managed to discover a way to arrange the furniture where we would appear to have more space and be able to use the moveable bar as a table. So, as another saying goes, "every rain cloud has a silver lining."

Living Room After

Living Room Before