Moving In

The big news is. . we just got our internet hooked up today, so we can start being consistently in touch again! We moved into our tower last Friday, and it was a huge blessing because both of our shipments had already arrived so we actually moved in with everything that we get to live with for the next few years! By the end of the weekend we felt pretty settled. We still have some pieces of government furniture that need to be returned, as the place felt overrun with dressers. We felt good that we were able to find a place for everything and I feel like our place feels pretty open right now. We have a great lit up view at night past our tree line of a few high rise type places, and a big building that says "JUMBO" on it with dancing lights that change color. I think it might be a Pachinko parlor (like pinball gambling, although gambling is illegal here). 

Unpacking felt a bit like Christmas. I wasn't really watching the guys when they were packing in CA, so it was funny to uncover what they felt necessary to wrap individually in 6-8 sheets of large paper so as not to have to pay damages when it broke. Some things wrapped individually:

-2 almost gone rolls of packing tape, which belonged to the mover

-a plastic Spurs cup

-a dirty kitchen rag

-Elmer's glue and glitter

-cupcake liners and a chip clip

-one lonely sock

Hilarious! Perhaps not so surprisingly given their thoroughness, we didn't find anything broken, although we did end up with 5 missing boxes, and we can't figure out what was in them. There is a store on base that will mix your paint, so once we have some paint on the walls and the extra furniture moved out, I'll update with "final" pictures. Living here the past few days has made me feel like I'm living in a dorm again, but with kids. I'm pretty sure the places were built in the same year in the 60's, except ours has really thick concrete walls and an elevator. The building kind of smells and there's big potential for mold growth here, but like any place I know it will have become home by the time we leave.