Apartments Here We Come

From left to right: Fred Valerie, Meredith is next to me, then Marianne. Last Friday we got to move in. It was a mixed blessing. We got into the brand new apartments, but then had no dishes, linens, nothing, not even toilet paper. It was a pretty low point, and I proceeded to drink... first a little beer, then we opened the champagne we had been saving for our move into the apartments, then some lovely South African red wines. Needless to say I was not Queen of Africa in the morning I was Queen of Porcelain. Poor Meredith could here me retching through the walls of the apartment as she stayed with us the first night. So now it's Saturday and the the school is going to give us an envelope filled with money and a driver, so what choice did I have? I can tell you, I have never felt so hungover in all of my life and here I am sitting next to the assistant director (Valerie) for most of the day.