Thursday, August 26, 2010

First few days

Click here for pics of my new apartment!

Well, I have food in the fridge.  I have stuffed most of my clothes in the closet.  Maintenance has already been called up here to fix a few things.  It has been a really busy, really tiring couple of days.

Took my first trip to a Chicago grocery store yesterday - Jewel Osco.  I was able to use my Chicago Card Plus for the first time on the bus ride up there, and then we carried 6 bags of groceries on the bus on the way back!  As a side note, I think I'm allergic to all the city grit.  You don't really notice it, but I'm all stuffy I think from the bus exhaust, etc...BF says I will get used to it.

Today, I went down to the mattress store to pick up a mattress and box springs, and as a bonus, I got the rails!  This should supply me with lots more storage space!  We also walked my route to work, and it's a bit long...25 mins at a fairly quick pace.  But on the plus side, there are at least 25 restaurants, a starbucks, 2 hardware stores, a french grocery, and about a million people!  It's so fun having everything in walking distance, and I'm betting I've already lost 5 lbs.  I am curious though, will the feet aching ever go away?

1 comment:

  1. Love the newsy blog about your move. I see food and pots/pans. Where's the couch and tv? :-) Sounds like you'll adapt to big city living just fine. I love Chicago! It'll be more difficult for me to get there since I live in NY state now though. I'll have to look for a technology conference there...

    ReplyDelete