Opening Doors

Is it ridiculous to say that opening doors has been one of the most challenging parts of my stay in Madrid thus far? I mean seriously. First, the door to the classroom gets stuck, making each individual restroom break into an episode. I also have two keys to the apartment - one for the whole building and one for the apartment door itself. The first trick is realizing that almost all doors open inwards. The second is that you're not supposed to click the key all the way in, you're supposed to be just a smidge off of flush - like screwing on your Nalgene cap as much as possible and then twisting it open just a smidge so it doesn't get stuck. The problem with knowing in advance that doors and keys can be tricky, is that I prepare myself for an awkwardly long stop at every door. This becomes a problem when, in fact, you're not at the right door in the first place. Apparently Apartment 8 Exterior is different than Apartment 8 Interior. I literally had been trying for so long to open the door to the apartment building that I went to go walk around the block so people wouldn't think I was trying to break in. It was only as I passed up the next door, which also said 8, that I realized the difference. GOOD GRIEF! The next challenge is, of course, the apartment door itself. There is a really cool old elevator, which I don't use for fear of getting that stuck too (the keys are enough of a hassle). The stairs, however, are very narrow and steep, but the lights in the hallways are motion detecting, which is awesome! Except, of course, when you've been trying to open your door for so long that they turn off. It is exhausting going between arguing with the door and dancing in the hallways to keep the motion detector entertained. Honestly, I can't even get into the nonsensicalness of how the apartment door, which is on the left, then branches off into two more doors, of which I am supposed to take the one on the right. I already thought the address here was ridiculously complicated - why not just go all the way and say the 8th Exterior, 2nd floor, Left Door, Right Interior - and straight on 'til morning. A Dios Mio!