Looking...this time for a new place to live

After the job search that would never end (really it's just suspended, and I'll work for $10/hour part-time in the mean time), I'm now on to the next search--this time for a new place to call home. We had to terminate the contract on our condo for a whole host of reasons, but I CANNOT live in a crappy apartment with no dishwasher, a/c, washer/dryer, or closet space any longer. Our pantry and our linen closet and our storage closet are the same thing. One closet, about 18" wide and 24" deep, has to fit food, cleaning supplies, and miscellany. There is one drawer in the kitchen. It holds our silverware. Everything else goes on the countertop. The only counter space is occupied by the dish dry rack, so you have to move that to cook. The sink isn't divided, so you can't dry dishes on one side of the sink instead. It gets to be around 95 degrees in the summer months. The bathroom is through the kitchen, which means from the bedroom you cross past the front door, the living room, and through the kitchen to get there. Given that I'm about to have a JD, I think I'm ready for more commitment. Like with a dishwasher. I lust after dishwashers, to the point that people who have them think I'm going to sexually assault theirs. Wish me luck, and look out, dishwashers of Boulder.

Miss Grace: Remember Pardall? I think this is more poorly equipped. Even when you consider the neighbors and that eensy shower.

Air Conditioning

Why is it that in the summer, when it's effing hot outside, businesses insist on setting the AC so low? Every time I leave the house, it's ninety degrees outside (maybe more). So, I make sure to wear pants and grab a sweater, because it's sure to be freezing wherever I go. I'm having lunch on another scorching summer day, and can barely feel my numb fingers it's so cold in this restaurant. I am wearing jeans and a wool sweater. I work for an environmental group that specializes in energy security, and our office is always FREEZING. Given the current state of our energy security (that is, seriously not secure), can someone tell me what the rationale for this is?