The apartment

The apartment...well, if you asked me today I would be a little more positive. But when we first moved in, oh my goodness! Graham and I looked at each other, and without even saying a word knew exactly what the other was thinking, "we gotta get out of here fast!" But now that our stuff is unpacked and we've come to know the neighbors a little, it's not so bad. Not ideal, but not so bad. In a nutshell, we're in a two-story, 3/1 modular apartment. All the flooring is speckled brown linoleum and the stairs are hard, brown plastic.




The kitchen is basically a corner with orange countertops and a decent amount of cupboard space. The oven and fridge are brand new, but unfortunately there is no microwave, dishwasher or garbage disposal. The bedrooms and the bathroom are upstairs. They're pretty small, but the kids now have their own rooms.




The apartment is one of five buildings that circle a grassy courtyard. The whole complex consists of courtyards A-K, so it's pretty good size. Most of the people in the area are families, so Gideon has already made lots of friends. He's also become good on his "big boy bike" and loves just riding around the courtyard sidewalk.



Our back door leads to the playgrounds and laundry facilities, so yesterday while doing seven loads of laundry at once, Gideon and a neighbor friend played at the playground. I'm not looking forward to doing laundry once winter hits, but Graham assured me that folding fresh-out-of-the-dryer laundry is heavenly in the winter.

The complex housing director is really nice. She's a young gal, kinda quiet, but very sweet and easy to approach. Thursday she had us all over to the community center for root beer floats which was fun.

Apparently there are going to be several social events throughout the year, so that's a plus for living here.

My commute is still only about three minutes. I ended up buying a parking pass (for A LOT more than the passes at FPU) which has come in handy not only for work, but for city events, too. Since the school is in the middle of town, we were able to park in the school parking lots when we went to the fair on Friday and the parade on Saturday.