mixed blessings

Our apartment manager was excited to tell us that we would get new carpet before we moved in. Given what the old carpet looks like (only the family room carpet was replaced), it was exciting. Except, our carpet is one step above indoor-outdoor carpet, so it's not very soft on the knees, hands, or anything.

But it turns out, that if you're used to crawling on rough carpet, then sidewalks are also no big deal.