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Week 1 (Aug. 4 - Aug. 11)

It has officially been one week since we got to move in and things are coming together. We have the loft upstairs mostly put together with a great chaise lounge that turns into a bed, a bookshelf and a tv. It's basically our 2nd living room. Our bedroom is functional in that we can sleep, watch tv, shower, and get dressed. The kitchen is also functional. It's a mess as we put everything on the counter that we don't know what to do with, but still functional. The guest room is the dropping grounds for everything random. The dining room table was delivered last week and is perfect. Now we just wait for the couch and pick an entertainment center and we have ourselves a home!

I spent most of last week unpacking so I treated myself to a little beach time with my friend Hailey. We went to the Jersey Shore on Friday night and spent the weekend sleeping, eating, and hanging out by water. It was absolutely perfect. It was everything I love about ocean towns all in one weekend. We are an hour and a half drive to the beaches and I couldn't be happier about that. You get your city living during the week and your ocean living on the weekend. Beautiful!!! Andy got to spend the weekend at the apartment which he was quite happy about. He hadn't been there much since he's been working so he got his chance to unpack and organize with me out of his way. He also got to golf on Sunday which is exactly what he wanted. We both got our ideal weekends, just unfortunately not with each other. That's ok. We have a LOT of weekends ahead of us.

I got back early Monday morning and Andy was already off to work. I met him for a quick lunch and then he was off to the airport. He's gone for the week in Portland, OR and then back to MN for a few days. Our house closes on Friday (YES!!!) so he is there working and taking care of closing. I pre-signed my papers so I don't need to be there. I am so happy that everything has worked out so well as far as timing goes!

A friend/coworker of ours from MN is in PA for a few weeks so I am hanging out with her kids while she works. They came over today and it was really, really great. They are a ton of fun and we had to put off some games until tomorrow because we had so many things we wanted to do. Kids really make some stresses in life seem minimal so it's very refreshing to just get to hang out with them and focus on having fun with them.

Let's see what Week 2 brings!

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