Since Friday, April 23, 2009 I have not been inside my house due to renovation, well actually the only two exceptions are the garage and the bathroom, but other than that, nothing’s livable. I can’t sleep in my own warm and cozy bedroom, I can’t sit around and watch television in the living room, and I can’t cook stuff in the kitchen until everything is completely finished and free of poisonous fumes.
My siblings that live with me are currently staying at their significant other’s/in-law’s houses. My parents and I, on the other hand, have not moved at all. Believe it or not, we’ve been doing everywhere we typically do in the house, right outside of the house.
This is the result of being too poor to book a hotel…the result of having Vietnamese parents who have never assimilated into American living culture…and the result of not having a boyfriend with a place to crash:
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Our sink for hand washing!
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Our kitchen sink for dish washing!
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Our dish dryer rack for dish drying!
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Our stove for meal cooking!
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Our bathroom for getting stuck in!
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And this is where I sleep…in the garage!
I swear these aren’t pictures from random spots of third world countries, this has been my way of living for the past two weeks. For the first couple of days of living like this, I really hated it, especially sleeping in there with all of the insects, and wearing the same clothes most of the time (left my clothes in the drawers, drawers is sealed tight with multiple sheets of thick plastic, I didn’t know!), but I don’t mind it all now, and hey, ‘least we still have a shower.
Oh my.
I’ll make sure that between now and when I move out (hopefully in the Fall), my parents won’t renovate our house. My parents won’t book us a hotel either even if it meant having to camp out in our backyard…
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Agreed with Felisa. Though my parents have no desire to renovate, thankfully.
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Wow. doesn’t look so bad. — except for the whole getting stuck in the bathroom thing. eek. My house is a duplex, so when my dad renovated .. we just stayed on the side that wasn’t being smashed. Either that or we stayed at my aunt’s house.. next door. But I agree .. my dad won’t book us a hotel either. bleh. But living outside would probably be fun if I had a child’s imagination. lol
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LOL omg those outdoor pics look so Asian! Wooo Asian pride! I’m glad my parents aren’t that Asian though… but then they’d probably be too lazy to renovate the house anyway. =P
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this reminds me of the time when we got all our carpet ripped off and replaced with wood floors. my parents, my sister and i stayed in the back room of the house with a door which separated us from the ugly toxic fumes ^^;;
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I just wanted to say, it really DOES look Asian. Haha. I hope it all gets done soon and you can go back to your cozy bedroom!
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Oh my gosh, poverty! And there’s that infamous bathroom. smh.
Don’t worry Tiff, just think after renovations adn over, you’ll have a whole new looking home. How much longer until it’s finished?
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Actually, that kind of looks like fun.
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[...] of the renovation, I’ve been living in the garage with my parents for three weeks already and [...]
ok, I just had a mini-freak out… your dad looks so much like mine from behind…
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Tiff Reply:
May 27th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Yeah, I don’t blame you, they resemble each other so much!
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