New Places and Familiar Faces (by Neil and Tara)

So much has happened here in the past week, you guys must have so many questions...

Holy cow, we heard you guys had a visitor on Friday?

How did you know? Yes, Neil's cousin Julia graced us with her presence very briefly on Friday evening. She was in town for a volleyball tournament and couldn't resist a feature story in our blog. We picked her up and brought her to our neighborhood for dessert and a stroll. Check out what a great time we had:

Dessert at Benny's Cafe

That is so completely awesome! What else have you been up to?!

Well, on Saturday we finally got the keys to our apartment! We had planned on roughing it for a few days to a couple weeks with a blow up mattress, but it turns out our stuff came in on the earliest day it was scheduled. The moving guys (who we are convinced were gypsies) came in yesterday afternoon and quickly dumped off all of our stuff. Everything went smoothly and we've been unpacking ever since. Here are some pictures:

 Living Room

 Candid Shot of Neil Lounging

 Shot of Tara on Balcony...from Other Balcony

Tara and Boxes

Basically the place is amazing. Tara loved it immediately, and when Neil saw it again it seemed so much larger without the previous tenant's crap strewn about. Plus, we have 2 balconies, a giant walk-in closet, and a mother #$%@ing dishwasher! Also, just after our stuff arrived we received a brand new fridge (owner had it replaced) and next Wednesday we will be receiving a new stove.

After living in our little basement suite for over a month it's an unbelievable relief to have our own space, even if we are missing most of our basic furniture!