Getting There

Finally, it seems like things are getting done and we’re getting a little more settled in each day. It’s amazing how smoothly things seemed to have gone for us in AZ. We sold our house in 2 months, sold our car in one day. Sold many of our belongings very easily on craigslist and made some good cash for them. And then we moved here and it seems like there was one roadblock after another. As much as we tried to get things organized in advance of moving here, it still took awhile to get things like Dish and Cable set up. Then there was the car situation. My car that was being transported from Phoenix arrived a week after their guaranteed arrival date and many many frustrating conversations with that company. While waiting for my car to arrive the AZ registration expired on it, so it was top priority to get it registered once I had it here. But first we had to get our drivers licenses and insurance. The day we went for our licenses we waited about 2 hours and then their computer crashed and they told us to come back the next day. After we got that straightened out, the next day, I went to get it registered. But the title I got from the bank was incomplete, so they told me to call the bank and come back when I got a new title or letter from the bank. Why couldn’t anything just go easily so we could cross it off our list?

This week seems to be going a bit smoother. We finally have 2 cars! We drove out to Pittsburgh on Saturday to pick it up since the dealerships out here didn’t care enough to make us a good deal.

I did get what I needed from the bank, so I went back and was able to get the car registered. Today I dropped the car off for inspection and emissions testing (something we didn’t have to do in AZ). It passed! Today we also went and opened checking and savings accounts. That took about an hour to do, but it felt good to cross off the list! There’s not much else that we need to run around and get done on lunch breaks or in the early morning. We need new cell phones. We get crazy looks when we give out our phone number with a 480 area code. It’s such a small town that they don’t even expect us to say an area code since everyone has the same one!

I’m thinking about getting an iphone. I’m not usually big into getting the last technology and gadgets (that’s usually Justin), but I think an iphone will be tons of fun. Will it be worth the extra $30 monthly fee? We’ll see.