Our week of homelessness... :)

We are not actually homeless, we are just house-sitting until our apartment is available. However, we are indeed in Austin, TX - FINALLY! We are slowly figuring our away around and adjusting to life here. I knew it would be a smaller city, but I imagined a more compact smaller city. JP and I have figured that land-wise the city of Austin may be bigger than Chicago, but it's just more spread out. It's also very hilly and green, which we love, but that also hides buildings that we did not see the first time around. We found a whole mall yesterday that was hidden in the hills. Also the weather and types of plants here remind us both of Southern California, without the prices and the ocean. The lakes and river are really lovely though and help us forget that we are in the middle of Texas.

Oh, and we did get to check out where we will be living. We love the apartment complex. It seems to be well maintained and the staff seems very friendly. We were already won over by the woman who helped up secure the apartment and meeting her confirmed that we are with good people. We were able to walk through a sample apartment, that is the same layout as our place and we were both very pleased with the size and layout. Our decks look out over trees and both of the doors open to the outside. I just love that. I can't wait to set up and to have people come visit. We get to move in on Thursday.

Also, if you hadn't heard. JP got a good job already and begins tomorrow. I am still jobless, but am hoping to find something soon. So far though, life is good. We are very glad we moved.