Apologies for the delays in posts, now that people are probably most interested. Settling is going along nicely. We scored an awesome solid wood table that we will use as our outside patio/gardening/bbqing table. It was sitting on the side of the road on garbage night, so we swiped it at about 10pm. It's old and beat up, but solid wood, so we'll sand it down, give it a quick coat of some sort of sealant, then let it get weather worn a bit. I think I'll inlay some tile in it as well.
We really enjoy our house. The neighborhood, is so-so, but I think we'll be fine. Behind us is a sketchy-drink-all-day-with-your-shirt-off apartment building, but otherwise it's a nice neighborhood, and the house next door seems to be in the early stages of renovations.
Our current situation has mostly been revolving around banking. For whatever reason (long story...) our landlord wasn't able to immediately cash the cashier's check/money order we sent for May rent. So we've been scrambling trying to figure out why there's a hold on that check, and also trying to get our money from Canada accounts to the US ASAP. The long and the short of it is that it has been very frustrating. Marlene is trying to understand how banking in the US is different from banking in Canada, so I think it's been a little more frustrating for her cause she's been blindsided by some of the issues. I've been trying to approach the situation as "bof!" (as always).
We got a cell phone, which helps a lot, but we're still emailing from Starbucks or La Scalia or wherever else we can get wireless. We've been walking a lot, like we normally do, but we're already settling into the California lifestyle of: "Do you just wanna drive." Only 3 days and we're starting to not walk as much. Part of it is that we have so many errands to run, that walking to all of them, while possible, gets frustrating.
Oh! Yesterday we went to downtown San Fran (we walked to BART then rode in). We had to go for (you guessed it) banking stuff. That's the most convenient HSBC for us here. After we dealt with some banking stuff we went to chinatown for lunch. We ate at Golden Star Vietnamese. I had the "#1." Aka "House Specialty" Aka "Pho" aka "Soup of rice vermicelli, flank steak, beef brisket, beef tendon, beef balls (shape, not anatomy...), and beef tripe." It was pretty good. Very beefy. Definitely a little adventurous. I think it was the 'Menudo' of Vietnam. Marlene had soup and 5-spice chicken. The chicken might be the best I've had. It was really good.
I think that's most of the highlights. I'll be very happy once we're settled. We should have phone and the internets by Monday. We're also supposed to have a bed delivered on Monday, so I think our stress levels will go down when we're off the therm-a-rest method. It'll be nice when the house that we really like, has stuff in it that allows us to fully live there.
No matter how much you plan, you can't every quite pull this sort of thing off seamlessly. There have been a few hiccups, but hopefully in 1-2 weeks time we won't really remember. All I know is that we're healthy, mostly happy (a little worn out), and we've already started a garden. Now I think that's about it. Sitting in Starbucks writing a Blog is a little too cliche for me, so that's it. Peace out.
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