Settling in September 9, 2006
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Our drive up took about 14 hours; we hit bumper-to-bumper traffic in Oregon after the Oregon-Stanfurd game let out, so we were surrounded by yellow and green for quite some time. During the drive, we also received enthusiastic phone calls from one of the students at church about the status of the Cal-Tennessee game; no good. Hopefully we’ll do better this weekend.
Since arriving in Seattle, I’ve made 2 trips to Ikea, 2 trips to Target, 2 to Costco, 1 to Bed Bath ‘n Beyond, 1 to Storables, and some other smaller stores in-between. I’m beginning to hate shopping.
I live on the 3rd floor of an elevator-less apartment building, so hauling a mattress up 3.5 flights of stairs did not make my top-10 list of favorite memories from the weekend. We don’t have internet set up at our apartment, although I can occasionally pick up the UW wireless network, but I’ve been mostly getting my internet (and caffeine) fix at local cafes. hooray for free wi-fi!
This was my first meal in the apartment. A TV dinner courtesly of Trader Joe’s eaten at my Costco desk/table. If you look closely, you might be able to see that I’m actually using a flexible IKEA cutting board as a placemat. I’m definitely back in college.
I’ve also had some interesting driving/traffic adventures, but I’ll save that for next time =)
i see that the screwdriver is on the desk … ready to assemble more furniture no doubt! well, i hope that you get settled in soon! yay for tj’s tv dinners. boo for elevator-less apartments. at least the walk up the stairs is good for you … hehe.
Awesome, have a great time in school. I’m heading back to SD in a few days.
~Aloha
Hi Di!
It’s good to know you have the essentials .. food, three-ring hole puncher, screwdriver .. hehe. We miss youu and I hope you get to eat some better homemade food sometime soon as we all know you’re capable of making