First Day of CPE- And the Tsuris Came From Elsewhere
I just got home from my first day of CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education, aka hospital chaplaincy training). The day itself was good- a lot of orientation kinds of stuff, health clearance stuff, and physical fitness testing, because we're participating in a program working on physical wellness in clergy. Some of the fitness tests were pretty rough- but it felt good afterwards. We'll see how I feel tomorrow morning, I guess- but so far, so good. Tomorrow we get some technical training on the computer and communication systems, along with some other stuff.
However, the real challenge of my day happened when I got home. I went up to my sublet apartment (I'm in a rather nifty 3rd floor walk-up, on the top floor of a rather beat-up house. The apartment itself is pretty nicely furnished, and generally feels quite friendly.), and found that I could not open the door. Now, there are 2 doors to this apartment- one at the second floor level, followed by another staircase, and then the door to the apartment itself. Yesterday, I had some trouble with the second-floor lock, but![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jakal88 managed to get it open. This time, I tried to open the upper door, and couldn't get it unlocked at all. I tried a variety of times, and then tried the other various keys I'd been given, and then tried again. None of them worked, so I had to call jakal88 to get the contact information for the woman who normally has the apartment and for the super. First I tried the usual tennant, who told me that the door doesn't actually lock, and that she'd been meaning to get it fixed and hadn't- she marvelled that I'd gotten it to lock in the first place. She told me to call the super, whom I did call, and then had to sit and wait for, of course. He tried the same keys that I did, then a variety of others, until finding one that worked- and told me that I hadn't been given the right key at all. So he's going to leave a copy of the proper key for me tomorrow.
However, given my experiences thus far, I'm going to be Really anxious locking the lower door tomorrow- I've already had trouble with it once (although the usual tennant assured me that she never had any trouble with that one... I'd try having someone stay inside so that I could test that lock again, except that I don't have anyone around here to ask to do that. I'm thinking about emailing the friends who'd been entrusted with the apartment keys to give to me, and asking them if they might be willing to come around and do me that favor- but it seems like a lot to ask of a stranger I've met once, and well- tomorrow morning I need to lock the door anyways... At least I know that that door will give in eventually, if I fuss enough... Eep.
However, the real challenge of my day happened when I got home. I went up to my sublet apartment (I'm in a rather nifty 3rd floor walk-up, on the top floor of a rather beat-up house. The apartment itself is pretty nicely furnished, and generally feels quite friendly.), and found that I could not open the door. Now, there are 2 doors to this apartment- one at the second floor level, followed by another staircase, and then the door to the apartment itself. Yesterday, I had some trouble with the second-floor lock, but
jakal88 managed to get it open. This time, I tried to open the upper door, and couldn't get it unlocked at all. I tried a variety of times, and then tried the other various keys I'd been given, and then tried again. None of them worked, so I had to call jakal88 to get the contact information for the woman who normally has the apartment and for the super. First I tried the usual tennant, who told me that the door doesn't actually lock, and that she'd been meaning to get it fixed and hadn't- she marvelled that I'd gotten it to lock in the first place. She told me to call the super, whom I did call, and then had to sit and wait for, of course. He tried the same keys that I did, then a variety of others, until finding one that worked- and told me that I hadn't been given the right key at all. So he's going to leave a copy of the proper key for me tomorrow. However, given my experiences thus far, I'm going to be Really anxious locking the lower door tomorrow- I've already had trouble with it once (although the usual tennant assured me that she never had any trouble with that one... I'd try having someone stay inside so that I could test that lock again, except that I don't have anyone around here to ask to do that. I'm thinking about emailing the friends who'd been entrusted with the apartment keys to give to me, and asking them if they might be willing to come around and do me that favor- but it seems like a lot to ask of a stranger I've met once, and well- tomorrow morning I need to lock the door anyways... At least I know that that door will give in eventually, if I fuss enough... Eep.