Words that are one word:
meantime
earful
Words that are two words:
every day
Unless, that is, you’re using the word “everyday,” which is an adjective used to describe a daily activity/thing.
Examples:
For Steph, dry skin is an everyday problem.
She has to put lotion on her hands every day.
I’ve been calling people i don’t know EVERY DAY for the past week and a half trying to get this thing and that thing all figured out and hooked up and re-checked and working properly. The weird-flushing toilet. The non-operational door keys. The new cell phone line. Oh my god, the new cell phone line. The wireless internet. Everything is finally working, i think. We just need our window shades and couches to be delivered now. And we need to hang things on the walls.
One EVERYDAY annoyance is the fact that there’s some clattery noise coming from the radiator or the windows or something, which drives me NUTS. I’m about to start wearing headphones constantly. Sleeping is especially difficult, no thanks to the light pouring in through the window above our front door from the brilliant beams out in the hallway. Whose awesome idea was THAT?
The stress will fade away soon, and i’ll start bragging about what an amazing place i live in now. I promise.
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 2:53 pm • apartments, English
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March 12th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Having lived in places with clattery radiators 2 of the past 3 years, I assure you that you get used to it. For the first week or two it seems like quite a ruckus, but it blends into the background. This year the radiator in my room is within 3 feet of where I lay my head when I sleep, and though when the heat first turned on it seemed like someone was banging pots together next to my head, now I don’t really notice it.
P.S. Maybe some nice decorative curtains for your front door would help? Or even non-decorative curtains, like, really ugly rags. Or just layers of newspaper or bible pages, like in The Omen.
March 12th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
ugh. i am moving to a different apartment this summer and you are NOT making me look forward to it. i can’t wait to see your new place though! and you. i haven’t seen YOU in a long time. what’s up with THAT? hmm?