Home sweet home
Yay! The last boxes have been unpacked, the keys to the old apt have been turned over, my apt deposit has been returned (yay!), pictures have been hung, curtains are hung.....I'm home sweet home in my new condo! (click the link to see pics in my facebook album--it's a public link so no sign-in required). Excuse the mess in the pictures...I'm still working on getting rid of some stuff or putting other things away and finding a new home for them.
Life is slowly returning to normal around here. I am adjusting to having a roommate again, and it has been a good change. After 3 years of living by myself in Charlotte (yes, I have been here 3 years this month!), it was time for a roommate. I've already done at least 4 loads of laundry that I had saved up from my vacation and move. Yay for my very own washer/dryer! No more hauling my laundry to friends' places anymore! But I must say though that I have wonderful friends who let me do laundry for 1.5 years :) Thanks, y'all!
In other news--I'm still waiting patiently to hear back from the new job. Apparently they have to make so much revenue with their offices in B'ham and Atlanta before opening the Charlotte office. So, I wait. This is actually a good thing since life has been very hectic with vacation and moving.
Volunteering at the hospital has been very good. So far I've done 3 days (1 day each week) playing with the kids and helping the families. I'm enjoying every minute of it. The only not ideal part is I have to give up my Friday nights and miss out on some fun things---like happy hour at the new piano bar uptown. Hopefully another night to volunteer will be available soon and I can switch to a week night and get my Friday nights back.
My friend Janet had the wonderful idea to start a dinner club once a month. The idea is to try "new" restaurants in Charlotte (basically, restaurants we've never been to) starting with A and moving down the alphabet to Z. This month dinner is at Arpa, a tapas restaurant uptown. But alas, it is on a Friday night. So I may have to leave the hospital early so I can make it to dinner. I've been wanting to try Arpa since I moved here 3 years ago, but have never been!
I'm headed down to New Orleans for Labor Day weekend with my young adults group from church. I am very excited about this trip! There are 13 of us going down Aug 28-Sept 1. I haven't been to New Orleans in forever--probably since high school. It will be fun to see all these North Carolinians experience cajun food haha. I personally am most excited about the food! That may be my favorite thing about Louisiana--the food! But seriously, I think it will be a great trip for us to help the hurricane relief efforts in Louisiana 3 years after Katrina.
Also....I am very excited that my college friend Becki will be coming to Charlotte later this month with work. Yay! I have only had a couple of friends visit since living here, so it is always fun to have new people come see me :) Anyone else in need of a vacation to NC, I have a very comfy futon! My goal is to convince people to move to Charlotte. I've already started a list of reasons to move here....I tried to convince my friend Noelle, but it hasn't worked yet. Heck, I even had a job for her here! Now I'm on to Fran and her man, soon to be husband, to convince them that NC is better than OK :) Hehe just kidding! But who can argue with the mountains 2 hours away and the beach 3 hours away :)
So thats all for now in my thrilling life here in the Queen City :)
cheers!
Posted in: new condo on Monday, August 4, 2008 at at 10:34 PM 1 comments
