Settling in...

It's been less than a week and we're almost all unpacked, organized and moved in! We have 5-10% left to do. Woohoo!! I'm so proud of us. :-)

We have mainly stayed in our apartment this whole time minus a quick run to the store or cable company. We all got sick right when we arrived.. I am still recovering. It sucks. I lost my voice, have felt like crap, I'm coughing and coughing...

We found a grocery store that we like. It's Tom Thumb which is essentially the same exact store as Safeway. It's the same company, the same set-up, the same store!! It's definitely a comfort being able to walk into a grocery store and see familiar things. I am still missing Trader Joe's and haven't quite figured out what I'm going to do without it.. but I am sure we'll figure something out.

Our apartment is very cute. We are really happy with how things are coming together. It feels nice and familiar and "normal." The only thing I wish we had was maybe a second bedroom and a pantry in the kitchen. We were spoiled at our other apartment by having a second bedroom. I like it because guests have their own space, we have our own space, and we have a living area to share.. it's just more difficult to have the living area also be the area for guests to stay. It's not too bad, just one of those things that I miss. The kitchen pantry.. we didn't have one before, but some of the other apartments in this complex have kitchen pantries and I wanted one! We definitely could use the space... oh well.

There are so many good restaurants here! We are going to have to budget an "eating out" category just so we can explore the town! Yum!!