My Very First Ghostly Encounter

The apartment was pretty decent for this shady area of town. Besides, it was about the only thing we could afford back then. Who knew it came with extras, which were included in the rent?!!

Many years ago when my husband and I rented our first apartment, we were young and had no money to speak of. I worked full time while my husband attended school and worked part-time in the evenings. The apartment was actually one half of a duplex and we got a bargain on it because it was actually a two bedroom, but was rented to us as a one bedroom. The second bedroom had a padlock on it and we were asked to never bother with it. Another odd request was that we never paint the inside of the kitchen cabinets that were red! We were both brought up to respect our elders and since we were getting such a break on the rent, we didn't really care about either request. The place needed a good cleaning and after doing so we were basically moved in. Like I said, we didn't have much when we started out and the place came furnished...if you could call it that.

Soon we were in a routine and doing just fine living paycheck to paycheck. The people who lived in the other half of the duplex were nice, but had a whole different lifestyle than we did which always made for a little excitement now and then. They liked to drink and party all the time when they weren't working and their little girl would always ask her mommy why their house wasn't clean like mine! Anyway, we never had any real problem with them.