Friday we started the day late. We were so tired from Thursday that there was no way we could get up at the crack of dawn and get moving again. I didn't want to push it anyway, since Jess had to start work at 4pm and be on her feet until 9:30. Jess's boyfriend came over to see the new apartment and the three of us went to lunch on campus, then Jess and I made the rounds of all the bookstores to try and sell their books back. We didn't have too much success, so we'll try Amazon as well.
The original idea was that she would spend Friday night with me at the hotel, but she really wanted to spend the night in her new home, and I don't blame her. She also doesn't have a lock on her bedroom door yet, and wanted to be there.
There's been a little drama with the apartment. A girl who is subletting for 3 months moved in 2 days before Jess, and brought her boyfriend with her. Apparently she announced that he would be living there with her, and all the furniture that would be going into their next apartment was being stored in the living room of Jess's apartment. That wasn't acceptable to any of the girls already living there, and when we came to move in, all of their furniture was indeed in the living room. It was a misunderstanding all the way around, since the couple had been told by the girl who was anxious to sublet to them, that no one would care if they were both living there.
The way this apartment complex works is that a lease is signed for each individual bedroom, and, like a dorm, you can put in "roommate" preferences if you don't have enough friends for the other bedrooms. You can also specify pets or no pets, and co-ed or no co-ed. Jess had specified no men, so it has been an interesting 3 days, watching this play out. This guy had no where else to go, but the apartment complex finally found him an apartment to move to- so he moved out on Sunday. Whew.
Saturday didn't happen the way it was supposed to, but all in all it was a good day. We were supposed to get up and clean, but somehow our shopping list had grown so long, that we decided to shorten it by buying some of the things on it. We made the rounds again to all the stores, bought enough stuff to fill the car. Our best bargain was a set of dishes- 4 place settings-plates, bowls, silverware, mugs, glasses, etc.,- 36 pieces for $10!! We couldn't pass it up. Once we got back we started cleaning the kitchen, since there was no way we'd be cooking dinner in it without cleaning it first. Ick. We got pretty far but there was so much to do, we didn't finish. We had made plans to go out to dinner with David and his dad, who was here to drive him back to Wisconsin for a week. They were done with their moving at around 8 pm, so we met them at Chilis for dinner, then brought them back to see the apartment. Davids parents had bought Jess a ton of kitchen stuff, so for her it was like Christmas morning. Her eyes lit up when she saw that they had included a set of dishes- 4 place settings. AND- it was the EXACT same pattern that we bought at the store! She was absolutely thrilled.
Yesterday was Mother's Day- We spent most of the day cleaning the kitchen. Very exciting, but at least we feel like we accomplished something. We also did more shopping. Once we got back and added up all the receipts for everything, I decided we are done shopping!
Jess cooked dinner for us last night. It was a fun time for both of us, with music playing in the background, we had a great time. Afterwards she put together her brand new vacuum, and for the first time in her life probably, voluntarily uttered the words " I am going to vacuum the living room. " We had a good laugh over that.
Today she works until 4 pm and then we leave for Michigan for a few days.
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