Living in a Senior Citizen Center

My apartment building is a cross between a retirement home and the opening scene of Disney's cartoon version of 101 Dalmations. You know the scene where Pongo starts barking so Roger will take him to the park and you see all the dogs with owners to match (like the artist with the long shaggy hair whose dog has those long furry shaggy ears) before Pongo and Roger meet Perdita and Anita (wow, their names even rhyme)? This all makes for some interesting scenes in the lobby and at the park in front of our building.

Indicators that I live in a retirement home:
1) Every Monday morning there are Krispy Kreme donuts in the lobby and a group of old people sitting in the chairs having their breakfast. Sometimes when I ride the elevator with an old person I overhear the greeting, "you're late!" so this is obviously an integral part of their week.

2) Every month each apartment gets a calendar of events. There is something for every day of the month. Thursdays are book swap days; Mondays are, of course, donut days; and sometimes there are even pet contests. I think if you dress your dog up for Halloween and take him to the leasing office you get a treat (and I think your dog does too). No other apartment complex I have lived in has a monthly event calendar for the residents, but I think my grandfather's nursing home did.

3) I frequently ride the elevator with one elderly woman. She is under 5 feet tall, but she sure is a fireball. Recently we had a cold spell and this woman spent our entire elevator ride telling me how it was time for management to turn on the "damn" heat. I didn't tell her that I was still using my air conditioning. Now that they've turned on the heat and temperatures are back in the 70's outside, it's "hot as hell" in our apartment. Thanks, old lady.

Indicators I am living a scene from 101 Dalmations:
1) The management office plans events for not just the human residents, but yes, also the dogs that live in the building.

2) There are doggie treats right next to the bowl of mints by the elevator.

3) I have seen more types of dogs in the past two and a half months than ever before in my life. Short dogs, tall dogs (yes dogs can be quite tall). Skinny dogs, fat dogs. White dogs, black dogs, and everything in between. Poodles and pit bulls. Chihauhaus and collies. I feel like I'm rewriting P.D. Eastman's Go Dog Go!