Tuesday, May 3, 2011

I have internet again :)

I have internet again and a few minutes so it's time to update! I don't know what day I last updated but I'm guessing it was the end of student teaching. A lot happened in the week and a half after that!
Once student teaching was over, I had to focus on finding an apartment. Kevin and I spent a Saturday driving around and looking at places. We also discussed several times how ridiculous it is that we aren't able to find one place together. It would make life so much easier if we could just get married soon. Plus we want to :) Anyways, while we were driving around I asked if he would call his landlord to see if anything was going to be available. He did.  On Tuesday, I found out that I would get an apartment in the same complex! We weren't sure if it would be ready by the 1st, which was Sunday, but amazingly it was! I found all this out on Tuesday, a week ago.
Immediately I started packing things up and quickly ran out of room. I couldn't finish packing until some of that stuff was gone. Saturday, April 30 was our 6 year anniversary. Yes, 6 years we have been dating. Crazy! That was a crazy day to say the least. We had to get more boxes, look for furniture,finish packing, and I had a babysitting interview. I didn't find out until after 5 or so that everything was done with apartment and I could sign the lease and get the keys. So I did all that and we started moving things in! Of course, we had to make a walmart trip before we moved anything in because I knew there were certain things I would need that I couldn't wait until the end of the week for my mom to bring. So we ran to walmart and then went back to my house to start loading up what was already packed. We knew we could move that and then I would finish packing Sunday after church. I have to say, Kevin is an amazing packer! He got everything I had already packed into his car and mine. This was a lot of stuff! And he's very strong. Some of those boxes were super heavy and he was carrying 2 or 3 of them from the car, up the stairs, and into the apartment! I was impressed with how good he is at moving!!
About 8:30 Saturday night, we stopped for the night and went to subway for dinner :)  I thought it was pretty funny that we were all sweaty and gross in basketball clothes going out to Subway for our anniversary. But you do what you have to do! Like I said, this is an anniversary neither of us will forget any time soon!
Sunday after church I finished packing and we had everything in the new place by about 3:30 or 4 despite the rainy weather! Then I had the fun task of figuring out where things needed to go. That task will be one that continues for a while haha. There isn't much in here now. Mom is bringing a trailer with furniture, pots and pans, linens, a bed, etc. Hopefully that will help make it a little more cozy! Right now I'm on an air mattress for a bed, have crates with my clothes, the tv is on the floor, and there is stuff everywhere! It's adventure living I guess haha.  I'll be glad when they get here with that stuff!!
So in the past week, I have: gotten and moved into my first apartment, gotten the power turned on, tv and internet connected, received my first mail here, and finished everything for school! It's been a big week!! I will pick up my cap and gown sometime before Friday. Mom and Taylor will be here Thursday. Kevin's parents are coming Friday. My dad and Oma and Opa and Kellie will all get here Saturday morning. I'm not sure who else is coming but I'll be excited to find out! And Saturday at 2 pm, graduation will begin!! I'm excited to be graduating, excited to see my family, and thankful that things are working out and God is providing!!

1 comment:

  1. Hooray for things working out! And your apartment is everything a first apartment should be: cozy, comfortable, and YOURS! You will have fun over the next year (or years) picking up a table, or chest, or bookcase, specially picked and selected because it fits just right...and choosing what to put on the walls, which appliances you really want and have room for in the kitchen... it's gonna be a blast! Have fun!
    Dad

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