Move In Day

I experienced a few firsts today in this long day of moving.  After Amanda and I went to Mass, I repacked my car once again and we went to our new apartment complex which, by the way, is called La Vue. Fancy right? Well after we signed some papers, we got 2 of the 3 keys to our new place.  I was finally able to unpack my car for good which was nice.  After the trips up and down, we went and grabbed some lunch to refuel ourselves.

We went to the U-Haul and I got the privilege of driving my first U-Haul truck today! Imagine me behind the wheel of one of those guys! It was great! We then went to the storage unit and had to unload as much as we could into the truck.  While we did this though, it started raining.  Moving in the rain is never fun.  We moved things to the front of the storage unit for awhile and then the rain cleared off for a bit.  The bummer about all of this is that we did not shut the door to the U-Haul so water got inside and got a few of the mattresses and box springs wet. Bust I know. Lesson learned though.  We packed the U-Haul and off I went onto the highway with it.  I was a little nervous at first but eventually picked up speed and was cruising right along.  Once we got back to our apartment, I am proud to say that only 2 boxes fell over.  Then, we unpacked all of it again.  3 sets of beds, 3 dressers, numerous drawers, a futon, kitchen table, 3 side tables, and many little things later, it is all moved in! I am pretty proud of myself! Normally dad comes to help me move in and then a few guys come to help here and there but this time, it was me and my 2 roommates.  It was a very long day but I feel very accomplished about it.  We finished everything around 7 here so it was about an 8 hour day total.  Nothing is unpacked but it's in for the most part.  We couldn't fit the couch and a few little things so we will have to get that another day.

Now you are probably thinking, how exciting that we are sleeping in our brand new place tonight! Well we aren't sleeping there tonight.  Patricia and I start at school tomorrow and Amanda still has work in Ft. Lauderdale.  Call me lazy or whatever you may but I did not want to touch anymore of it tonight.  Plus, we weren't sure we would have electricity today so we planned on staying with the sisters one more night.   We will start to unpack and put things in order tomorrow after school and work.  I now understand why people hire moving companies because boy was that exhausting.  Well worth it though. After unloading the U-Haul, I had gone down to get my camera out of the truck and on the way back up, I met some of our neighbors! A married couple, Fitz and Marisol.  They said they had only been living there for a few months but said if we need anything to let them know! I am so grateful for kind people like them! I took a few pictures of the new place that I will put up and then drove the U-Haul back to the sisters.  I felt awesome and powerful on I-95 with that beast. Moment of a lifetime! ha ha.

I relaxed at the convent for the rest of the evening but now I have to get some sleep so I can be ready for my first big day with all the teachers tomorrow! I'm not nervous right now but that could be exhaustion talking.

Well here are a few pictures of my new place:

Above: the living room and balcony!

Above: dining room area

Above: kitchen

 Above: my things in my room

Finally: the view from our balcony looking at our U-Haul!

Good night! Also, if any of you have suggestions on how I can share pictures with you over the next year, I'd love to hear them.  Email me at lauren.halstead89@gmail.com