Bob's New Life in Columbus: January 3, 2009

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After 22 months at my first Columbus home,

I moved into a two-bedroom/two-bath with

my friend Bob Dudics. The good part for me

was that I stayed at the same complex--only

moving down one floor and around the corner.

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The snow began to fall on the day of

move, December 5, 2008. As I've already

stated, this wasn't an issue because the

move took place inside the complex.

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Our patio and my bedroom window can

barely be seen (because of the darkness)

in the shot above. If the light of the street

lamp were the center of a map, the patio

is due southeast on the first floor.

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The first two photos above were taken

from the balcony of Apartment 226, my

original apartment. From the shot of the

snow-covered pool above, Apartment 158 is

in the bottom right-hand corner of the shot.

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POOF! Now we're standing on the patio
of our new apartment looking back east
toward the pool and my old apartment.
(The windows of my old apartment all
faced west; all but my bedroom window
of the new apartment face south.
My bedroom window faces east.)
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In the snapshot above, my old apartment
can be seen. It's on the second floor
on the extreme left of the photo.
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The stepping stones from our new patio to
the pool can't be seen because of the snow.
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And now I present
(fast forward a month)
our new apartment...
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As an aside, I became
violently ill with the stomach
flu on the weekend of my move.
Were it not for some great friends--
Bob Dudics, Wesley Williams,
Jason Krauss, Max Moore,
Jim Keller and Sandi Smith--
I would have had to pay double
rent until I felt well enough to
complete the move.
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The following shot is what you can
see as you open the door and look
into the apartment. My bedroom door
is ahead, and the door to the patio
is on the left of the photo.
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To the extreme left as you enter,
there is a coat closet on the left
and the door to Bob Dudics's
bathroom and bedroom.

(See photo below.)
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(I did not make photos of Bob's
areas in the pad. If you'd like to see
how his bedroom off the living area
makes a complete loop--going
through his bathroom--and ends
with this door, check out my
March 5, 2007, blog.
That side of the apartment is
exactly like my old bedroom/
bathroom in Apartment 226.)
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