This past week has been very busy and packed FULL. There are so many little things to do when you move 900 miles away! Here is a play-by-play of my week (because I know you REALLY care :) ).
Monday: I packed up my stuff. I had been working on gathering up all my stuff and moving it into the garage last week because I had a friend coming into town for the weekend. Monday I finished everything up and here is a picture of my empty room!
I know this is very sad and may evoke a few tears, so I will give you a moment to compose yourself.....hmmm.....k, ready?
Tuesday: I woke up at 3:45am. YES, 3:45!! I was just so excited. I finished packing the car and got ready for the day. We left Windsor at 5:00am. The drive was pretty uneventful most of the way (which I am SO grateful for). I drove first to Hays, Kansas and then my mom took over. Here is a picture of Kansas.
Awesome, right? I know. My intent was to take a few pictures along the way to document this experience....so I took one more picture. Be impressed. Here is a picture of us arriving in Oklahoma. It is a picture of the welcome to Oklahoma sign. You can't read it at all. Just pretend you know what you are looking at.
Dear Oklahoma, your signs aren't that big. How is anybody supposed to know they are entering the great state of Oklahoma. Who knows.
Moving on, we hit a little bit of traffic in Oklahoma City and a lot of rain about an hour north of Dallas that slowed us down a lot. I decided that Texans don't know how to drive in the rain...and every Texan told us that the next day! The trip ended up taking 15 hours....15 hours! Next time I am either taking 287 (I think that's the road) or flying! We made it though and everything is great.
Wednesday: Apartment shopping was the purpose of Wednesday. My mom and I set out on a hunt for a one bedroom apartment that is in a safe neighborhood. I had a list of places I wanted to look at from my at home internet apartment shopping. We went to so many apartments. We saw some we liked...and some we were afraid for our lives. We came home (back to the hotel) totally exhausted and with a few options that would work.
Thursday: By Thursday morning, I had narrowed my search to three apartments. One apartment was up in Plano. It was really, REALLY tiny, but it had a washer and dryer already in it. AWESOME! It was priced nicely, but was kind of a drive to get to work. The next apartment was in Richardson and was about 3.5 miles from work. AWESOME!! It was priced ok, but felt like a dungeon. There was no natural light AT ALL. One of my biggest concerns about moving here is getting really lonely, and I didn't want the lack of sunlight to help me get there. :) The last apartment was in Garland. It was also about 3.5 miles from work. It was super bright, but it was expensive...or at least more money than I wanted to spend.
I went to the second apartment, and they said they had a different, cheaper apartment. I went to go see it, and it was super bright!!! Hooray! Best day ever. I decided right then to rent it out. I applied for the apartment and was ready to sign the lease. All I had to do was get an electricity account in my name and renter's insurance. Easy right? Well, it took me 4 hours to get the electricity...it's such a long story that I'm not going to write it. You have to call me to get the details, and you should call me. I would LOVE to talk to you to see how you are doing! Anyway, I have a place. I'll post more pictures once I actually get to move in.
This post ended up being a lot longer than it should have, and for that I apologize. I also would like to congratulate you for reading this far. Good job! Well done. You are a very dedicated reader. Please come visit me. :)
