However, when Dustin and Chris were returning the U-Haul it broke down at the gas station just a few blocks from the U-haul office, they had to wait for over an hour for the repairman to come those few blocks, he couldn't fix it so they had to walk the few blocks in the hail. I expected them to return pretty peeved, but they weren't. Apparently they enjoyed each other's company. Who would have thought? Way to go guys!
Karli and I spent 7 hours at IKEA on Saturday. I can confidently say that was the most intense shopping experience I've had in many, many years. Had my feet not been killing me from shoes that were not meant to shop 7 hours in, I would have stayed longer! I had such a great time. IKEA and Karli, two of my favorite things!
The Good Friday service went well on Friday night. Scott and Glad read my writing and did an amazing job. It happened exactly as I pictured it in my head. Thanks guys for sharing your thespian sides. Easter Sunday was very dreary outside, kind of weird. We had a good time at church and at our home group cook out. Good food, great friends, Jesus conquering death...who could ask for more?
We really like our new apartment. Some highlights and lowlights:
- we have a dishwasher!!
- the washer/ dryer combo is more of a washer combo. the repairman is coming tomorrow to fix that.
- Dustin keeps saying to me, "It's weird not knowing what you're doing at all times. Now that there are walls, I can't just look up and know." and "It's so fun to have different rooms!"
- one of the two electrical outlets in our kitchen doesn't work.
- we have the largest bathroom cabinet i've ever seen. it's so large we're storing Chris and Karli's 2 room tent on the top shelf!
- i tried to take a bath on Friday afternoon and the water was lukewarm when i went to get in. i'm hoping it was a fluke thing.
- we still don't have a key to our storage unit.
- no more stealing free internet from our neighbors. we might have to break down and buy our own. suckfest! it's hard not having internet at home. i've felt lost the last few evenings.
- i called the apartment manager on Saturday and instead of calling her Linda, which is her name, i called her Apartment! Yup, I actually said, "Hi Apartment". So embarrassing! Dustin is still laughing about that.
- the new place only adds 10 minutes to my travel time, very thankful for that.
- it takes Dustin 3 minutes to get to school.
- we have a Thai/ Vietnamese Restaurant right across the street from our complex. i hope it's good food b/c i plan on take out once a week.
- we have a grocery store 1 block away from us, but it's a QFC which tends to be expensive, bummer.
- right next to the QFC is a Blockbuster. yes!
- our apartment complex reminds Karli of the beach. i love the beach.
With all of the ups and downs that our new place has brought, Dustin and I are super psyched to be in a one bedroom apartment. And it's cheaper than our studio! Crazy!
confession: i laughed out loud at you saying "hello apartment"