Moving in and Such

Hey Everybody,

I keep forgetting to write down what's been going on, and it's been way to hot to remember anything. It has cooled down a little in the last week or so, but that's like comparing laying on the sun to sitting in a microwave.

But, items of importance...

1) Moved to new apartment

About two weeks ago we packed eeeeeverything up into boxes and dropped it off a couple blocks over. Well, actually, we packed everything up the week before, so basically it was like living in a kiddie fort of refridgerator boxes.

Even though we only moved up the street, it was still really difficult. Limor and I tried walking a couple things from one apartment to the other, but gave that up after one trip (you try carrying anything in 85 degree weather). The other tough part was dragging everything down three flights of narrow stairs and back up three narrow flights of stairs. But, after a couple hours of grueling work, sitting on our own couches in our own living room, with our own air conditioning at full blast, we felt it was worth it.

Then we went out to a restaurant and ate some greasy food. Yum.

Currently, we are 90% finished with the apartment. All the major stuff is set up (bed, stuff to sit on, internet, etc) but we still haven't gotten everything for the study. Like desks and shelves. So the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and living room are all ready, and all the stuff we didn't put anywhere else is sitting on the floor of the office. We can't complete that room because the tables we're going to use are at Limor's parents house, and there's no car available that's big enough to move it.

But, because we have wireless, we really don't need the office much - we just use our computers on the kitchen table.

2) I am no longer an illegal alien

Well, technically I wasn't illegal - I was still within my 3-month tourist visa. But, about a day before it expired I got a call from the Ministry of the Interior that they had finally processed my work permit. So, now I can stay here worry-free until December 2007. And the best part is that I can start getting paid at work. They say that volunteering is good for your soul, but watching my bank account dip alarmingly kinda makes my heart ache.

3) I bought a computer and it finally arrived

Well, it actually arrived a month ago, only the stupid people at the NCSU bookstore never contacted me to let me know they shipped it the day after I ordered it. And to top that off, I paid for shipping to my dad's house, and I find out yesterday that they screwed up my order and it's sitting at the bookstore. So it's been sitting at the bookstore for more than a month.

Now I still have to figure out how to get it here...