Wednesday, November 26th: We scrambled to finish cleaning our apartment, had the property manager nose through it. He even checked for dust on the top of the cabinets. Really?? Zac cant even reach those. Oh well, dont have to put up with him any longer. So while this was taking place, I had stuffed my poor kitty in my car so he would be out of the way, and boy was he unhappy. (poor schmoo) So Zac had everything loaded into the pickup and he left for my moms. I had Stinky and left for Cecelias, albiet late, but she was awesome and stayed for me. Then I left for moms bawling my eyes out all the way there. Got to moms, and ate a wonderful early Thanksgiving dinner. Needless to say we were stuffed to the gills, ( surprise?) and then Zac went to go hang out one last time with his family and I stayed at mine... all 4 of us just slugged out on the couch and watched TV. Good times. Then it was bed and 6am came mighty early.
Thursday, November 27th, Thanksgiving: 6am we were up dangit. I actually got to sleep in a bed that night so I was sleeping very well. I decided to be a bit selfish and I took my time to get ready and shower while Zac went to help my dad pack the vehicles. I went out there to help them, but anyone who knows my dad and packing, well... you just dont get in the way of his "art". He is the master packer if I ever saw one. So I went in to help mom with breakfast. Which was fine, because it was freezing outside and I had to snitch a few sausages anyways. (tee hee) We left the driveway at 9am, and went to Grandma and Grampa Young's house (Zacs g-parents), then to his parents. Then finally, we left for the freeway about 10-ish. My grandparents are in Ontario, Oregon which was on the way so we stopped in to see them as well. Then we were really off. Granpa gave us his 3-mile walkie talkies, which made the drive sooooo much better. Since we were driving separate cars, we had no one to talk to and only country as radio stations. So having those little gadgets were very nice. Especially when we hit fog. Well, I should say cloud. Going up the blues was fine until we hit the summit and there was a cloud on top of it. Couldn't see a darn thing. But right ast we hit back to ground level, it was clear. Was a little scary though. We just got behind a semi and stayed put.
The trip up I-84 through Oregon is so freakin ugly and desolate. It looks like a freezing version of nevada with sparse, and I mean sparse trees. We stopped in a tiny town called Arlington to gas up. This place was kinda cool, was built into a hillside and looked like a Christmas Card. And then through more desolation. We were by the river the entire time, but it just was sage brush. Then, we hit the Columbia River Gorge.... BREATHTAKING!! It was so beautiful, and we got there right when the sunset hit... oh the photos don't even do it justice. It got dark as soon as we got towards our exit, and ofcourse started to rain. Nothing is better than fining your way in the dark and rain on a HUGE freeway where exits turn into exits. But we made it.
We unloaded our stuff, and then decided to drive the main drag, Mill Plain Blvd, which is a block or two away from us. There is so much stuff here!! We discovered we are in the upper-crust section of town, and there is everything you could ever want here in our little bubble. The little "quadrant" we are in is called Fishers Landing and Cascade Park area. So being Thanksgiving, nothing is open and we were starving so we went to Sharis. (yeah, I know) But get this... Shari's up here is a far, far cry from the ones in Nampa. The food was actually AWESOME!! and it wasnt just cuz we were hungry.
Friday, November 28th: Slept in until the late ol' time of 8am. We got ready and hit the town again. This was also Black Friday. Well, we figured out that our Tmobile phone does not get service up here at all. So we went to the Verizon store and got an awesome Black Friday deal on a Venus LG. I love this phone. Mostly because you can hear out of it. We were so excited to go check out the town, we had forgotten breakfast. But every wonderful place has a Pita Pit, right?? Oh yeah baby! Right across from Verizon. Nothing makes you feel at home like a Wal-mart and a Pita Pit. :) I had a gift card to burn at Target, so we went down a block and got Zac some new work pants and myself a new purse, and a hot water maker. We drink a lot of tea in this house, so hot water needs to be always on demand and a tea kettle is just too slow. (we're not americans, are we? lol) Our new phone has unlimited GPS, so used it. All day long. We found Walmart, and plenty of other things. It was a fun day.We GPS'd our way to down town, which kinda looks like downtown Payette. Kinda dumpy, just old. Went to this Irish Pub and Grill O'Shanahans and got there in time for Happy Hour. We had AMAZING fish tacos, a HUGE plate of cheesy fries, and marinated steak bites and probably between the both of us the equivalent of two 2 liters of coke. Pop refills are free at bars, I didnt know that. Then home it was.
Saturday, November 29th: Woke up and unpacked a bit. Went to meet the LandLady to sign paperwork and get aquainted with the fitness room and laundry center. Went back to the house and GPS'd our way to the mall. It is called Shoppingtown. And I thought Boise Town Square Mall was kinda dumb.. So we wandered around, there are a few stores we dont have in Boise, but for the most part everything was familiar. Except the Sleep Comfort store. Oooohhh.....heaven on Earth. So most of you know that we got rid of our bed about a year ago because it was causing Zac to have back trouble and migraines right?? Well we have been sleeping on foam camping pads for the past year. Not exactly comfortable to someone (me) who likes sleeping on cloud-like objects. So the second we laid down on the sleep number beds, it was like a chorus of angels were above us singing the cliched "Halleluyah!". I felt nothing on my hips, my spine, my shoulder blades, nothing! Zac loved it just as much as I did! So we decided that this was going to be an in-the-near-future purchase, just not right now. But then we went back to bed on our foam. Both of us after feeling the bed and then waking up from the floor, decided in an instant that we needed a bed. (YAY!) So it comes in a week or so. My sleep number is 35, his is 55. Im excited, I've already picked out a bed set. (Im such a woman)
Sunday, November 30th: Slept in and ate breakfast. Called Cecelia to see how she was, give her my new number and see how schmoo-bug was doing. Apparently he is liking Cecelia and was ready to go outsided, so that makes me feel at peace. Went to church at 1pm, got home at 3pm...Oh thats the other awesome thing! We timed walking to the church and it took :37 seconds! We can see it from our house. Then we just slugged out and unpacked and I made dinner.
Monday, Tuesday: Zac went to work. I stayed here on Monday... Went and talked to management about our mailbox key, then worked out for an hour, then came home and finnished unpacking. Zac came home at 3, which I wasnt prepared for, but I didnt mind. We went to Wal mart. Tuesday I worked out, then ran errands and then discovered that Zac is supposed to come home at 3, not 5.
I love having the time to slowly wake up and have my tea, make breakfast, fit in a workout before getting the errands done. I love having the house clean and myself put together. And I can wear jeans!!! In Boise, every day I had to wear office attire except weekends when it was church clothes for a few hours and then I was so worn out it was just sweats and no shower. Oh! And it smells like pine trees, there are so many trees!!! It is cloudy 99% of the time and misty/rainy. It is absolutly gorgeous up here. I really like this relaxing thing. I got a late start today, usually I am up at 8:30, but today I slept in an extra hour. Just couldnt get to sleep last night, rather couldnt get comfy. So that has been my week in a nutshell... I am happy to finally have the internet again. Oh and another great thing, Washington doesnt tax food. I bought lunch stuff for $15.26 and it was $15.26. Amazing.
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