"I hate housework. You make the beds, you wash the dishes, and six months later you have to start all over again." - Joan Rivers

John and I had our preliminary apartment walkthrough last week. So, the weekend before we cleaned the apartment.

Like cleaned the entire apartment. Top to bottom. Front to back. Side to side. I leaned out windows to clean the exterior after I did the interior. John vacuumed above cupboards. We took scratch pads to every square inch of the tile backsplash.

And we were each rewarded. John got a small piece of wallpaper. It was green, orange, and yellow flowers. We are sure it existed before we did. I found a pack of US gum that I had forgotten about! I replaced the weird Swiss gum in my purse right away.

The walkthrough man showed up at our apartment 30 minutes early. Who shows up to an appointment where things are supposed to be clean 30 minutes early? John was still vacuuming the bedroom. Walkthrough man took about four pictures, didn't turn on any lights, didn't open any cupboards, asked us if we had all of the keys, and then left about four minutes later.

I'm not sure if this is good news, bad news, or just no news? Guess our security deposit will find out in August.