Sorry for the lack of updates yesterday but we are without one of life’s modern conveniences: Internet access at home. Our ISP will only make the connection when we have a router which of course is on a truck somewhere in middle America. We also don’t have a home computer so I am left to use H’s laptop when she is home and then ‘borrow’ Internet access from our neighbors. I have found that the people around us are much more tech savy as there are very few open WiFi connections around. In order to get a signal this morning I am sitting by the pool which is located in the middle of the building.
I am not going to lie, it seems weird sitting outside on a computer in April. However, it’s 54 degrees out at 6:30 a.m. so I can’t complain.
The last few days have been busy on my end. On Tuesday I tried to find the local target which I don’t think was all that close - North Hollywood. I picked up a few things and then made my way to Sam’s Club which there are not a lot of here. Apparently Costco is more popular in the LA area so we might need to change our membership. Anyhow, we picked up a small 15′ LCD to serve as our television until our SONY arrives on the truck (with the router). Driving was kind of a nightmare as there was traffic everywhere and I had no idea where I was going. Thank goodness we purchased our GPS system before we left as it has been life saver on more than one occasion already. Of course when I got home I realized that the guy at Target not only over-charged me but I was missing an entire bag. More on this later … The rest of the day was spent unpacking the items we brought with us and giving the entire condo a good cleaning. I still have yet to get to the bathroom but that is on the list for today.
Yesterday was spent trying to shore up our banking here which has been a little crazy. The transfer from our Chase account has yet to go through and I get the feeling it isn’t going to so I might just take a cheque and make a deposit at Bank of America. Mind you I don’t know if I can do that but I am going to try. H’s bank card has the wrong name on it so she has to get that corrected. The good news is that I think I can now access our accounts online so we have that going for us.
Our DirecTV was hooked up yesterday and it is nice to have a little entertainment for the time being. Having the receiver and tv on the breakfast bar isn’t the most logical place but it was better than the other option - the floor. It is nice to have a DVR again though. I also drove back to Target yesterday and picked up our missing items. The clerks were really nice about the whole thing but it was just a pain to drive back up there for a few things. I then tried to swing by the DMV to get my license renewed but the line was out the door and down the street. The offices open at 8:00 a.m. today and I think I might take a chance and just show up.
H is busy with work and planning her first event for this Saturday.
Carter is doing much better and isn’t as freaked out by all the sounds of downtown LA.
I will try and provide some more insight into living downtown and what else is going on with us later today … so long as H brings her computer home and there isn’t any rain outside to dampen my posting.
