Well, we made it. The drive was: intense. At one point (I think somewhere thru Utah) we got so aggravated with one another we decided to quit talking.; surprisingly, I think because we are both so hard-headed, we didn't speak for somewhere around 3 1/2 hours. Needless to say, that day was long. We occupied ourselves with some wonderful CD's our friend Emily made and listening to the Harry Potter book 7 on CD for the rest of the trip.
On Thursday we made it to Los Angeles and parked the car to run in and get our apartment keys and check out the new place. We came back out to unload the car only to find out an expired parking meter ticket in Los Angeles is quite a bit more than in good ole' St. Louis. Ah, well---you live and learn.
So we get here and as planned we had to sleep on an air mattress the first night. After the parking ticket fiasco and literally having to shell out $25 to park for the evening we decided to order pizza and call it an early night. So on Friday, also as planned my parents and Justin's parents arrived in the late afternoon. Unplanned however is the fact that our truck is late and still not scheduled to be here with all of our home furnishings until Monday. So tonight Mike, Becky, Cindy, Dennis, Justin and I are sitting around an IKEA table we just bought drinking Miller Lite and wine out of the bottle (all my wine glasses are on the truck and we had to buy a bottle opener at the liquor store). Actually, to be truthful even if my wine glasses were here I'd probably still drink out of the bottle---it seems to just go down easier. :) Tonight we are just happy to have towels to shower with and chairs to sit on. Our things will be here by Monday, we'll have lots of pictures of the place by then.
So having our parents here is awesome. It's great to have a group of people with which we can explore our new city. Both sets of parents found the boulevard interesting, after all Hollywood Blvd has a style all it's own. Mike had a little trouble sleeping the first night; as close as we are to the blvd we have a lot of outside noise and without a/c we sleep with the windows open (don't worry we are on the third floor). So after the first night I've gathered either I'm a harder sleeper or am quickly growing used to it because the sirens and the man screaming outside sure didn't interrupt my slumber.
Today Becky, Mom and I went to IKEA (a home-store with products specifically meant for decorating on a small budget) while the guys went to Lowe's and Hooters. Tomorrow we are going to go do some tourist-y type things around Hollywood and we are also going to clean the apartment really well before our stuff gets here. Well the guitar is being passed around the room and the beer's are sliding down too easy. Talk to you all soon. Love and miss you!
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I remember the night I arrived in Boston with my oldsmobile and everything I owned in a U-haul trailer behind it. Parked at my friend's house, went down to the corner for a beer. Upon my return, I discovered my car and trailer had been towed away! I had to find a cab to take me to the SCARIEST part of Boston, at 2AM. The cabbie was even scared. I remember seeing stray dogs eating something off the street in the moonlight. Got to the tow yard and found that tow truck operator had disconnented my drive shaft so that he could tow me trailer and all. Luckily, I had tools in the trailer. That was my welcome to Boston.
ReplyDeleteI think with only a parking ticket and late moving truck you're doing pretty good! More pictures!
Glad you made it safely!
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