New Place, Weddings and Other Such Things

It's been a busy few weeks here for us in Minnesota. We finally got enough money together to get an apartment of our own (thankfully it was reasonably close to our storage unit!) so we got to move out of our friend's house after about a month and a half. I am so thankful to them for all their help and support in getting our feet underneath us and moving forward. We are very grateful.

Our New Place is pretty awesome. It's a two bedroom place, about a room and a half bigger than our apartment in Chicago, on the third floor (no neighbors above us to stomp and scream, like we both have had problems with before). So we're still settling in, and it's been about a week. We are almost all done, and we're just gobsmacked about how much space we have. Before, we had almost none, and now we've got an excess of it. It's nice, but it makes me feel like I'll have to buy more furniture.

My cousin Jill got married to a wonderful guy last weekend, and Tim and I had the honor of coming up to see it. I'm so glad we took the time off to go, because it was an absolute blast. Before the reception and after the wedding we went for a walk down the Grand River, and while on a bridge we turned to look and suddenly we saw Jill and Jim taking pictures. Of course, being the oddballs my family are, we whistled and hollered and somehow got the attention of the photographer, and then we started waving like lunatics. I think the photographer took a few pictures of us waving at them, which I think is sweet and funny. I wonder if they'll turn out or not.

Not much other news. Just a lot of little things.

Jobs, Driving and other Adventures

Things are working out well enough here in Minnesota for us. I have a job working at a local bank, and Tim is in the process of getting a job at a retail chain store that doesn't deal with books.

I'm really enjoying my job, which is something I'm really happy to be able to say. I work roughly 20 hours a week, and I really love it. I have some cool coworkers and I'm starting to have my own social life and social circle. This is a wonderfully good thing for me.

This week was fun for us, as we have been working harder at figuring out our lives. Tim got his learner's permit this week, so yesterday I took him out driving for the first time. I drove to an empty parking lot and parked the car, then moved to the passenger seat. I let Tim basically drive around in circles for about 20 minutes, which was all I decided he needed to just dip his feet in the pool.

In a few weeks we are flying into Grand Rapids for a wedding (which we are pretty excited about) and to have some R&R, which I think we really need. Not too much else is going on with us, as we've been trying so hard to get our lives in order. Also, hanging out with family is good too.

Will update again in a few days/weeks.