So when I moved into these apartments, I lived on the 4th floor. It was okay because I also parked on 4 so was a lil walk to my apartment. I had an exit plan in the event of an emergency (u know – having to get from 4 to 1 if the elevators were out) although really and truly it had flaws but luckily I never had to test it out. Last year when the lease was up I moved down to the first floor. The move was good for me for a few reasons:
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This escape route has fewer flaws and will most likely work…plus, I’m already on the ground
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First has hardwood floors – walking on plush carpet or rugs makes me feel very unstable – the harder the surface, the better for me
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Speaking of carpet – there is carpet in the bedrooms but it’s not as “plush” as on the 4th floor so…turns out even that was easier to walk on.
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I could just drive thru the gate and park (at the time of course) – The drive up and down to 4 in the parking deck was a pain in the ass. I have mentioned here before that the constant stop and go of traffic is pressha on my legs so can u imagine driving either up or downhill around corners, maneuvering the parking deck and all its other cars?!? And then even after I parked, I had a walk to my apartment that sometimes seemed like a mile.
Of course…there’s a story – u knew there had to be at least one.
I asked the management to convert my shower to an accessible one. There originally was a shower door but since they converted it to an accessible, I had to put up a shower curtain. One morning I went to bathe with a new cake of soap. Don’t ask me exactly what happened or what I was doing but said cake fell out my hand and landed square on my right (trust me this is important) big toe. It hurt like hell and by reflex my right knee bent. Of course everything happened in a split second and before I knew it I was literally falling out the shower. The soap fell on my right toe, my right knee bent and because of the direction I was facing I crashed thru that shower curtain and onto the ground. STEUPS!! All in all though, it was a “good” fall..nowhere was hurt, no bruises and no long lasting effects…didn’t hit my head either (a couple people have threatened to buy me a helmet – heeheehee)
Anyway, was a good move and all’s well that ends well and thank God I still haven’t had to try out that escape route.
Stax