A Clean(er) Apartment at Last!

From March 10th:

Yesterday was a weird and busy day. I knew the cleaning lady was coming,
but I didn't know when, and I'd stayed up late the night before at a bar
with my fellow teachers. I was on the toilet when she showed up at 11 am,
unshaved, unshowered and unbrushed, but I hurried out so that she could do
her work. Julie told me to give her my key and to pick up the spare key at
school around 3 pm, so I had a lot of time to kill. I brought my laptop
along in the hopes of finding a wifi connection somewhere, but the internet
cafe refused to let me in (I later learned that many of them have a "no
foreigners" policy), the school was locked up and the library's wifi needed
a username and password I didn't have. I wound up reading in the library
for awhile, then got lunch and went to school.

Baron gave me the spare key when I arrived, and then asked me to help him
find all the teacher's manuals around the school. After that, we spent a
couple hours going over how to teach the reading classes and properly use
the teacher's manuals. (I'm not sure they know what a weekend is anymore.)
He gave me some 'homework' to come up with questions, vocabulary and simple
explanations for the first several 1st grade lessons, then sent me home.

Once I did get back to my apartment, I was amazed by the difference. There
were some things even the cleaning lady couldn't get rid of, but overall it
feels like a new place! I was finally able to unpack and put everything
away, as well as throwing away all the small junk I didn't want and washing
the dishes I wanted to keep. I snuck in a load of laundry while I was
running around, too. A couple hours later I could finally relax and settle
down for dinner and a shower. There's still a few big items that I need
help getting rid of (an old TV, a beaten-up coach and a dirty toaster oven),
plus I need to replace the toilet seat and get a drainer installed. Still,
it feels a lot more like MY place.

Today's been a slightly lazier day. I went to the supermarket and finally
got a clock and some food disposal bags, so now I can throw out my food
trash. I spent about an hour working on my 'homework', and I'm hoping to
work on my screenplay after dinner.