here we go

So my first 24 hours in Foster City have been successful, and exhausting! We are making progress unpacking and setting up however the big couch purchase still needs to be made, and I think once that is taken care of it will feel a bit more put together. Our apartment is huge and I am very happy, it is a lot of space for the two of us. We are right next to the parking lot so there is no trek back into our new home. The playground and basketball courts are just steps away and their is a huge walking path that goes around the complex and down to the water just feet away. We also are allowed to get 2 accent walls so we picked out the colors and I think they are going to be painted by the end of the weekend, hopefully, then we can continue to hang stuff up on the walls.
The weather for the next week is a solid 75 and sunny every day and the breeze makes it wonderful. The nights really cool off and sweaters and blankets are a must!
Living with Rick is going great, taking some getting used to but all in all I think we are working things out. Because I am such an amazing person and girlfriend, i gave him the den to decorate. I let him put up some jerseys and UofA flags, he seemed pretty pleased with his room, however I am secretly plotting my attack to go in there and fix it all because i didn't have the heart to tell him almost everything is crooked.
We went shopping yesterday at Target, Bed Bath, and Home Depot. EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE and it is going to take some getting used to. Simple things like shampoo, and coffee are $4 more then they were in Tucson. We went grocery shopping, and I think the fact that it was 10pm and I was hungry and tired didn't help but I was amazed at the prices!!! $4 for a gallon of milk, $8 for a bag of 5 frozen chicken breasts and $5 for a box of cereal, it adds up QUICK! We are keeping all of our recipts and putting everything into our spreadsheet and being all big and adult about the whole thing, I feel so old!
I am having a lot of fun, but its so different having all this stuff going on and all these things I want to share with my family and friends and not having anyone to call and have them come see everything. Not having any family and friends around is going to take some getting used too. I was excited to make new friends here, however I feel like it is going to be a little difficult. I am the only white blond I have seen in 2 days! If you aren't Asian, or Indian, or old and Jewish, you don't really fit in. I was at costco today, because thats the only place with prices I recognize, and I felt like a complete outsider. I was the youngest one by 20 years, the only white person and by far the only one with blond hair and makeup on. VERY different from what I am used too.


TO DO:
Get a couch
Get walls painted
organize all my bathroom stuff (apparently I have "too much crap" - Rick)
organize the electronics
consolidate my student loans
put myself on the lease
open joint savings accounts (ahhhhhhh)
fax in my relocation papers and all reciepts
EXPLORE!!!