We got to Baltimore at 6am last Saturday morning. We took a cab with our 17 suitcases to our new place and immediately passed out on the floor in our new sleeping bags. Then we woke up and decided to paint the whole house. It took all weekend to paint and it was super exhausting but it looks really good!! Our stuff got here on Monday morning and I spent the rest of the week unpacking everything. I pretty much got through it all except the stuff we shoved in the basement and some of D's boxes he hasn't gone through yet.On Friday morning we woke up and it had snowed overnight. It was pretty to look at but I don't really like being outside ever. I keep thinking how weird it is that we live here now. I feel like I need to tell everyone I see on the street and on the bus that I'm new here and point out that there's a small amount of snow that's on the ground.
Today Derek convinced me to walk around town so we can run some errands. He kept trying to tell me how 'nice' it was outside since it was sunny - but just because it's sunny doesn't mean that it's not cold and I kept reminding him that 'nice' is relative. So Derek decided to be 'nice' and buy be some long johns. I haven't tried them on yet but I'm sure they're going to be magical.
We've been having a good time getting settled and checking out our new neighborhood. We're in a cool location close to a lot of bars and restaurants and the grocery store and the bus routes. Last night we went out to dinner with some friends and ordered the Texas-sized margaritas from the Austin Bar a few blocks away.
I'm looking forward to the next couple weeks and for the weather to warm up a bit or at least for the wind to stop. I'll take some more photo photo of our place with furniture in it and try to post them tomorrow.
The photos above are of me pretending to paint, me actually painting, Derek eating dinner on the floor, and of our living room now that it's all painted.
