masala dosa

a quick update:

after two basically sleepless nights (thank you xanax), we have successfully relocated to a different apartment upstairs. it's the one we wanted originally--the landlady put is in the downstairs room and said we wouldn't be able to be upstairs because someone else had booked it. but, oddly, magically, miraculously, this happened:
i informed her in my most serious and seriously bitchy tone today that we would be leaving because the cockroach problem was "just unacceptable," and that she would have to give us our money back from the deposit. she refused: "oh no, we can't give your money back." me: "oh, yes, yes, you can definitely give us our money back. we didn't sign anything. we'lll get the difference back and let you know when we find a new place." landlady: "oh, the upstairs room is open, you can shift up there."
OH REALLY!?!?
IT'S A MIRACLE!!!!
wow.
thanks.
bitch.
(we're still bitter, but we love our balcony)