my apartment

is gross and I hate it. It is located in a dirty little apartment building right behind my school. The building is owned by the school, I think. Most people on our program live right next to their schools, but I swear mine is the worst of them all. I live on the fourth floor in a 2-bedroom apartment by myself. The guy who taught at my school last year lived in a room in a shared apartment on the first floor with some other single teachers. This year they said they decided to make the living situation a little more comfortable for the new teacher. If mine is better than what he had, I cringe at the thought of what it was like. So yes, my place is huge. Living room, 2 bedrooms, a small bathroom, a weird back room that looks like it used to be for laundry, but now is just dirty tile with my tiny fridge in one corner, a "kitchen" area which is just some marble countertops and gross dirty tile floor (and no sink yet), a grody little laundry room where my washing machine is supposed to be (whenever they get around to putting one in), and a freaky little corner with a gross little water spout and a drain in the floor. My bathroom is gross. Can use a really good cleaning. The toilet and sink look relatively new, and the shower is brand new, but they only installed it after I had been there for 2 days. My contact teacher (who I love) took me to her house the first night to hang out and take a shower, and the second night I showered at my friend's place. I don't have a telephone or internet yet, which is why I'm at starbucks, and the empty second bedroom is barren with prison-like cement floors. I don't have a dresser or a nice wardrobe; instead I have a little fake wardrobe thingy. one of those shabby frames with cloth covering that you can zip up to hide the clothes. My air conditioner is located in my bedroom, and it is one of those super old ones that hangs halfway out the window and drips water down onto my balcony which overlooks the back of my school. Yes, at least I have a balcony. But it isn't super nice or anything. My living room is sparsely furnished with 2 funny 80's style chinese chairs and a semi-nice coffee table, a tv table and tv, and a newly installed water cooler which is my favorite thing about my apt. my bedroom is outfitted with fake linoleum flooring, which I want to buy more of to cover the dirty floor in the rest of the apt, or just the living room at least. it'll make it a little better. but my school won't reimburse me if I do. They really aren't buying me anything. some of my friends' schools are saying they can buy whatever they need and give them the receipts. and everywhere I've been other ppl have really clean dorm room studio style places. I really wish I had a small clean place. I just feel like it's so empty with all the open area. sigh.