We made pretty good time driving back to NY. We got to Maplewood, got our keys and went into our apartment. We noticed it was a bit stuffy, but we figured it was just because we hadn't been there in 2.5 months. So what do you do? Put the air conditioning on, duh! Well. We tried that. It. Wasn't. Working. And yes, NY is a northern state, but it gets pretty darn hot there too. And it was hot. We were SOOO angry! Bianca hates hot weather too, so she can't sleep very well if it's hot out. Awesome. Of course they cannot fix it that night and of course the computer is still packed in the car.
That night we drove around Ithaca and tried to find a hotel to stay in because that was just ridiculous, but since it was right before the start of school of course there were no vacancies anywhere. Needless to say, it was a horribly hot night. We unpacked the next day and we just ate whatever we didn't have to cook on the stove to cause MORE heat in the apartment. We got a little fan for little Bianca, but it didn't help THAT much.
To get maintenance to come, you have to put in an internet request. They don't have a phone number (that's what you get at grad student housing I guess), so we just sent in a request for the same thing every day. Granted, in Ithaca you get your occasional cooler day where it wasn't TOO horrible and Bianca could actually wear clothes, but I mean, COME ON! We even said we had a little baby who was sweating in here. We spent a few nights in stupid hotels in Cortland over the next like 2 weeks. Bobby would do homework in the computers there and Bianca and I would just watch movies and play. UGH! What a waste of money we didn't have though. :-/
They eventually came to fix it. They put in a new unit. But it didn't work very well. At least a little bit of cool air came out though. Then a week later they came and put ANOTHER unit in and this time, it worked! The workers there weren't nice, but the ac specialist guy was the best! He was so nice and understanding when they finally sent him over and he got our stuff fixed asap! So thanks to him! Boo to the rest of them.
Let's talk about good things now shall we? I got Bianca her first real pair of shoes, aw! And we've been having fun at branch activities and playgroups (now that Bianca can kinda play). Bobby's schedule is CRAZY! He even got an on-campus job like 10 hrs a week, which is good, even though we hardly see him, even if he's home. But all is (finally) well here. I can't WAIT to get out of Maplewood though, yuck yuck yuck. Ok enough complaining, look at pictures of our cute baby now :)
:::::EDITED TO ADD ONE YEAR LATER:::::
oh yeah, it didn't stop there with the AC. The heater wasn't working when it finally got cold enough to turn it on. But yet they came right over for that one, even though it was like barely in the 50's or something crazy out. We weren't freezing. We were fine. But we let them know early because we know how these people are. But apparently to them a broken heater in 50 degree weather is an "immediate emergency" but a broken AC in the 90's is nothing. *smacks head* Poor people who live in C19 after us...I swear it's cursed...
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