With most of our stuff un-packed our apartment feels enormous. We have a lot of open space and not enough furniture to fill the space. Our bedroom has just a bed and nothing else. Everything fits in the closet. So, we are trying to decide what to do with the rest of the space. I don’t feel the need to do anything with it but it might be nice to have a rug or something to make that space nicer.
My klutzy moment of the week was when I was hanging a picture on the wall and I put the hammer down on the desk and promptly managed to knock it onto my toes. They are really sore now and there is a nice little bruise on the underside of my foot. Miles offered to get me ice before laughing at me for being a moron.
It has been 3 days since we moved in and we are both still walking around like cripples. We are both so sore we can hardly move. Miles is doing a lot better than I am but I am really hurting. I was thinking that it would be my arms that hurt but it ended up being my calves. I am fine after I have been walking for a while but when I first stand up, or first go down the stairs, it is really painful.
We are really enjoying living in Hoboken. We went out to eat the first night at an Italian place that is fantastic and only slightly more expensive than Olive Garden. We have actually eaten their twice. The second time, a night later, we had dinner with Josh and Sam, law students at Rutgers.
We made our own dinner last night rather than going out and we realized that we have nothing. Because we left all food products in Seattle we have no condiments, spices, etc. We have realized that we are going to have to go to a large chain grocery store to get most of the stuff we need because while all the shops in Hoboken are great they also are really expensive for the little stuff. They are kind of like Trader Joes in that the food is really good but we don’t need deluxe ketchup. Dinner was really good though.
In other news…
Miles got a video game that he swore he was not going to get because he is starting law school. He loves it of course though I might have to take it to Seattle with me so he doesn’t spend all his study time playing.
We got our cable hooked up today. Internet is way faster here. That’s nice.
Oh, there was a huge thunder/lightning storm last night. We turned off the lights in the living room and I just watched it while Miles played his video game. The lightning actually hit a water plant and 6 cities have to boil their water before drinking it until the situation gets fixed. It rained as well and the rain here is not like the Seattle rain. When it rains here it POURS. The rain cut down on the humidity making today more tolerable than last night.
I am adding some pictures of our new place below for those interested...Please ignore the clutter as we are still moving in.
[this is our living room]
[here is the kitchen]
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