Progress on the east coast

We've been here for six weeks now.  We've gotten into a bit of a routine, but the routine is about to change - more on that in a bit.  Our current routine goes a little bit like this:
7:30 - Robert's alarm goes off
7:30-8:15 - I try to get Robert out of bed so I can go back to sleep knowing he isn't going to be late for work
8:15-8:40 - Robert gets ready for work, and I steal his pillow and finally get all the blankets to myself
8:45-1:45 ish - Robert works.  In theory he's supposed to get off at 1:45, but it ranges from 1:45-7:30.
8:45 until Robert gets home - I'm bored.  I do things like clean, check the mail, watch Netflix, call people, and sleep.
Whenever Robert gets home we eat lunch or dinner.  Then we spend the rest of the day together.  We'll run errands, play games, have a jam session, or go on a walk.

Some of you might be surprised to hear that I'm still spending my days around the house.  I ended up turning down the job at Aflac.  I'll spare you the details, BUT I'll be starting my new job as a market development specialist at Blackboard on Wednesday, July 18.  Yay!

A new couple moved into our complex this week.  We got to eat dinner with them the other day.  Hooray for new friends!

I think we have everything situated in our apartment.  We hung up wedding photos over our couch yesterday.  Pictures coming soon!

One of our fish died this week. : (  I bought Robert a fish tank for his birthday.  I had gotten him a blue dwarfed gourami last summer, so when we got the tank we added in Baby Blue and purchased some new fish.  We got two fruit salads, two fancy guppies, and an additional gourami to be friends with Baby Blue.  Apparently Baby Blue had a bit of Alpha Male in him.  He started eating at the gourami until he died.  So sad.  We bought two dalmatian mollies to replace the gourami.  They did the trick!  Baby Blue has definitely been put in his place.  Thank goodness!

Our First Place

I've been waiting until I had a good chunk of time to devote to divulging all of the details about our first place.  Now that I've finished absolutely all of my graduate coursework (EEK!), it's basically summer break which means it doesn't matter that it's nearly 1:00 a.m. because I get to sleep in tomorrow!  Here are the dets (or is it deats?):

We got our number one choice for housing.  YES!  We visited SEBTS during spring break of 2011.  Let's reminisce for a moment.

Enjoying a relaxing (but chilly) day at the beach

At the Wright Brothers' Museum

So many gorgeous plants!

Insanity

Here are some pictures of places we looked at but will not be living

One of the few moments I was vertical during the visit.  I stayed in the car during the entire tour.  Made throwing up every few minutes much easier.  After the tour, Robert and I went and looked at open housing on our own.

Not living here - excited that we got a bathroom that has a counter and cabinet/drawer

Not living here either

Retro?

Too expensive

Maybe we'll have an upstairs one day. :)

Nope.

Okay, you guys - this is our first place!  Loving the hardwood floors, sliding glass door, patio, white trim, and overall cleanliness!

My first kitchen.  (Feeling like death warmed over at this point)  It comes with the fridge (SCORE!).  We obviously have a full-sized oven.  It doesn't have a little window, but it's better than the miniature stove that was in some of the other places.  We have a dishwasher, people!  Look at all of that cabinet space, too!  Stainless steel sink.  Ice maker.  We just don't have a garbage disposal, but I'd say it's a pretty sweet first kitchen, no?

While standing at the kitchen sink I'll be able to look out into the living room.  Maybe that will make doing the dishes more fun.  Right next to me you can see the coat closet.  There's also a walk-in pantry in the kitchen, but it isn't pictured.  I'm covering up the front door, but you can see the tile where you enter.

Laundry closet.  We don't have an official laundry room, but we do have a laundry closet in the hallway.  We can just close the doors, and it will be perfect.  Much better than having it in the kitchen which is how it was in some of the other units.

Guest bathroom - Notice the ample counter space along with cabinets and drawers.  There's even a bathtub! 

The master bathroom - It's pretty much the same.  There's a bathtub beside me.  Oddly enough, the master bathroom is slightly smaller than the guest bathroom.  Oh well.

His and her closets!!!  I don't look excited in this picture, but I guarantee you that if I hadn't just been to the edge of death and back I would totally be jumping up and down.

Guest bedroom - Visitors are always welcome.

Here are the details:

Flaherty Farms is a 228-unit apartment complex located 1.5 miles from the main campus. These apartments were built in 1998 and 1999.
This complex contains:

• 2-bedroom, 2-bath apartments - small floor plan (THIS IS WHAT WE GOT.)
• 2-bedroom, 2-bath apartments - large floor plan
• 3-bedroom, 2-bath apartments

Features:

• All apartments have a stove, ice-making refrigerator, dishwasher and washer/dryer connections.
• All apartments are equipped with heat pumps for heating and cooling.
• Mini-blinds and curtain rods are furnished for all windows.
• There is one designated parking space for each apartment and unassigned/undesignated parking spaces for one other vehicle.
• A trash compactor is provided by the seminary for trash disposal.
• Pets are not permitted at Flaherty Farms.

You can look at the layout of our house by following this link and scrolling down to 2 bedroom small - 860 square feet.

I've started brainstorming the design scheme which will be the inspiration for my next post.