Ah. The First Post. Like starting a new journal or the notebook for your first day of classes the first one always is the hardest. You want it to be perfect, legendary. Looking back in my old notebooks I always notice that on that first page my handwriting is amazing, my columns are straight and everything looks wonderful. Turn to the last page and its a terrifying maze of scribbles.
Well- we made it to NYC. It was a long trip. We drove from San Antonio to Austin and stayed overnight with an amazing friend. (1 1/2 hours) The next day we made the drive up to OKC to see Ryan's family (7 hours) Then we took a drive over half the state of Oklahoma and then onward to Nashville where we stayed with Ryan's aunt and her crazy cats. We realized later that the reason TN felt so big as because we drove from the lower corner all the way across diagonally to the upper corner. We seriously couldn't have spent more mileage on their freeways. Finally we traveled up to Allenstown PA and after a little bit of wandering and some worries about gas levels found a Red Roof Inn. Our final day was actually most stressful with a trip to IKEA in Elizabeth NJ, a drive over the George Washington Bridge and then travels through NYC in a huge Penske truck.
(side note- I inquired about the Penske online. It was $450 for the trip. The next day I got a phone call from Penske and somehow got the guy to lower it to $350 for the trip and he upgraded us from a 12ft truck to a 14ft. When we went to pick it up the man was late so he gave us a discount $319 and upgraded us again. Our 16 footer was WAY bigger than we needed for our small amount of stuff even when we put all the IKEA in. Seriously we should have traveled to Mexico City first and picked up some illegals- we had that much room. Just kidding.)
We unloaded the truck in under 3 hours and were officially moved in. I will post some pictures of the finished apartment later.
NYC is loud and crowded when compared to Texas. Everyone is complaining that it is hot (at 80 degrees) but I guess that is because very few people have AC. We have 5 windows so the breeze is usually fine. Plus we are Texans and used to the heat. Wait until February and we will be the ones complaining.
Onward and Upward.
1 comment:
Welcome to blogging! I'll give you some link-love on mine.
Tennessee IS a long state -- too bad you didn't go thru in spring -- the highway medians are filled with red poppies then.
Welcome glad to hear you got moved in OK + didn't get truck-jacked or doubled parked in the City :)
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