Nightmare in Apt B9

So I woke up to the worst nightmare imaginable. Police bashed through my front door (Sat. morning), damaging it completely and wanting to know who and what was in my apartment.

I had been in my bedroom (doors closed) so I didn't hear any of their preliminary knocking. They busted open my front-door (see photo). It was a huge destructive entry into my apartment. They saw me, said they were trying to investigate the smell coming out of my apartment (i.e. a box of old salad I had put near the front door so that I would remember to throw out the next day). They informed me of that and then simply left. Yuck!

1st Cool Evening

1st cool evening in Chi-town -- upper 40s. 1st day for the apartment heater -- I set it to 69.

Rent My Apartment at a Pretty High Rate

Wow, Redfin says I could rent out my place (2 bd) for up to $3k per month -- who knew!

Redfin: "[Your Apt Address] could be making you $2,916-$3,203/mo in rental income. List your home today"

Outside the Window ...

Don't think I'll be going out:

About an hour later... Got cleaned up pretty quick:

Icebox Blues

Chilly outside (2°) -- good timing since ye olde refrigerator konked out over the weekend. I had to move everything outside to the refrigerator provided by Mother Nature.

Special stuff staying relatively kool by the front window.

First Day With Air ...

Yup, first day this year with a little air (as in 'AC'). Weekend will get cooler outside, so won't need ...

At Today's Zoom Get-together...

 

Great get-together with colleagues and old friends!

New Year's Party -- via Zoom (of course)

Had a great time with old friends (along with laptop, iPad, face-mask, cassette player, cellphone, can of beer and burnt pizza ...)