Update

It has now been 6 days since I moved to Seattle and SOOOO much has happened. I got my apartment and its amazing. Just enough space to make it usable and nice, but no misused space. It is in an amazing location. There is a target, a Fred Meyers, a Whole Foods, a Safeway, and a Panera, not to mention an entire shopping mall and music store near by.

I had an interesting time with spiders the first few nights I lived here. I spent a lot of time killing them and they actually had to come and fumigate. These are not your normal spiders... these are large 2 inch in diameter HAIRY spiders... yep like tarantulas only a bit thinner!!

On Thursday I went to Tacoma to pick up my sofas, which are gorgeous btw!, and got the cargo van I rented stuck in the sand... fortunately for me people in Seattle are so nice that two guys just came and towed me out... FOR FREE!!!! But people in Seattle really just are the nicest people in possibly the world, at least the world I have visited.

I also have an interview scheduled for a position at the Seattle Conservatory, but I pretty much have it because I have been asked to sub for them already. So its merely a matter of meeting with the faculty and administration and making sure that we are a good fit.

Finally I began the weekend single and ended it in a relationship. I am now officially Tom's girlfriend... holly cow!! And let me tell you I am a lucky lady...

So let us recap, in less than a week, I have moved states, found a job, furnished and apartment and begun a wonderful relationship... I think I am going to like it here! :)

End of countdown

Ok everyone. This ends the countdown. I am officially packed and about to leave the house in a half hour to commence my trip to Seattle and a new adventure. So the countdown has ended and now the real fun begins. I was really nervous last night while packing, but thanks to Tom and Lana the fear is now manageable! So yay for friends and yay for new adventures. Here goes nothing and everything.

13 hrs to take off

I officially have 13 hrs to take off... man I need to pack!

2 days

I have 2 days, actually its only 37 hours!! Woah. Starting to get scared of the plane ride... as always. I am currently getting ready to go by doing laundry and packing. Better get packing!

4 more days!!

I only have 4 more days. Thats all.

5 more days

5 more days till Seattle.

Verizon rocks, they made a mistake and they fixed it, PLUS they actually made good on it by giving me the deal of all deals. Plus they will soon have FiOS in my area!! Ahhh. Comcast should take a lesson from them.

6 Days

I have 6 days till I arrive in Seattle/Redmond.

As those of you who have been reading my blog regularly know I HATE Comcast. So when I received a call from the apartment company letting me know that they would take care of all utilities except phone, internet and cable I figured I was going to ask the question! Who did their internet. They said Comcast, my heart sank, then... they said Verizon!! With this one word my heart soared! These people do fiber optic internet. I have been drooling over this since Tom mentioned it. Was it possible? Yes and no. Yes they service and I got high speed to rival Comcast for 29.99 a month... forever, no change in price after 6 months. No they don't have FiOS... YET. So once they get it they can just upgrade! Oh yeah. I am so excited. Oh and should I decide to get cable services, they have direct tv, so I do not need to get Comcast cable which is a ripoff! Only catch is I need a land line. So I now have a land line in Redmond, which is good for buisness and emergency reasons. You know like when my cell phone runs out of batteries mid-call and takes half an hour to charge again!

Also, I bought a flat panel TV. Thats right. Me, the "I already have a TV what the heck to I need a new flat TV for?" girl. Well I needed a new TV since I, how shall I say, threw mine... hehe. So I got a flat panel. I was informed by a friend, who knows way more about this sort of stuff than me, (you know a guy) that it would probably be obsolete in 2 years as everything was switching to HDTV, but oh well, at that point I can be known as being the girl who says "what do I need an HDTV for, this one works fine?" Plus I hear there are converters. Plus I got a great deal on bedding online. It is exactly what I was looking for at an amazing price.

So what have I learned in all this? The internet is amazing, you can purchase things for amazing prices and often times can either pick them up in store or delivered for free. It's awesome. Advise: don't buy anything till you look for it online and compare prices.