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Studying at 3 AM

I'm still living in hotels since July; Romanian quarantine is over and so is the American; multiple tests practiced by skilled and not so proficient corpsmen, came with the expected negative result which allowed me to finally start performing my duties. I'm still trying to find a home in the middle of the summer season which seems to be a true challenge despite the COVID-19. Some people choose to not wear a mask inside the hotel, and not too many employees challenge the patrons. Whatever it is, I'm taking the stairs to the seventh floor, and the mask is the last thing I need; oxygen is my priority.  At midnight tonight I could hear kids screaming while playing at the nearby carousel as I tried to focus on my studies. Parents seem to be missing in action, staff not reacting either. After a full such day I was tired, and I would like to live in a hotel that allows me to use the land line phone outside the premises; this one doesn't allow neither to receive, nor to ring fr...