Settling in

So on Saturday we got the keys to the new place - a 900 square foot condo on the 7th floor of Alupang Cove (a-loop-ang). It's got tile through out - some places with carpet get a musty odor due to the high humidity and the expense of keeping the AC on all the time. It's just a simple one bed one bath place that comes with utilities included - that's big here on Guam where (due to running the AC all the time) most electric bills are $300-350.

Stephen wasn't happy to spend so much time over the weekend shopping for things for the place (everyone knows how hard it is for me to make a decision) but it's paying off. I also have a new concept for shopping here -"if I don't plan to take it home, just choose the cheapest one that will last a year." So far we've done that for everything, except the bed (found one place that sold Sealeys and decided that was better than the random Asian brands we'd seen. At least we knew it had to have some sort of quality we were used to) and the rug but that's blue and brown and my mom will attest that I dream of either a blue and brown living room at home or bedroom. Stephen found the deal of 64 piece storage container set for something like $12! I already melted one top in the dishwasher (oh, we're also very lucky to have one of those too).

Still more things are needed - like drawers for the clothing that can't be hung - really what about my socks and bike shorts?! But hopefully we'll get that done tomorrow after we pick up the bikes and the "box of random" that we had shipped out. I can't remember what's in the box other than Scrabble and some DVDs (24 season one :)), maybe our snow pants and jackets too -not for use on Guam, for skiing in Japan or New Zealand. It's going to be like a second Christmas!

Hope all is well with everyone on the mainland!