Late summer home improvement Since the end of August 2016 my GF and I have started to rent a new apartment... And before I go any further I wonder if the word "flat" is ever used in North America. I know that both of the words - apartment and flat - share the same meaning but I'm not quite sure whether or not there are any differences (i. e. shades) between them except for usage area. Anyway we were doing some home improvements until the beginning of September. After everything was done I felt really exhausted. So this fatigue was to blame for my unwillingness to continue studying at the university. Well I had to skip a whole month to recover :)