I ended up leaving Saturday morning around 3:30, in hopes to make it through the desert before it got too hot just in case my car had issues. Everything went great, and I got here just before 9:00. We unloaded my car & everything is pretty much settled in except we need to hang a couple things and buy some small stuff. I really like the new place. We have space, we have doors! (We lived in a studio apt. in Pasadena). We took a walk through the apt. complex and everyone said Hi, some people knowing Ivan by name already and asking if he'd be home tomorrow to help them with their IPod, or this other girl asking me how I was functioning because Ivan had talked to them about how I was driving down at like 3 a.m. I told Ivan, 'well aren't you Mr. Social' (because he had said this about me when I was making friends last weekend before he got here) and he said, "I haven't done anything! Everyone is just so friendly!" We agree that it's because he's black and everyone wants to have their one black friend, so when they see him they're like hey! because it is a mostly white area, hahahaha Really though, it's just nice to be around people who say Hi, and even actually talk to you.
Last night we were headed to Blockbuster and I was looking out the car window and saw nothing! It was great. If you haven't been to Southern California you might not understand this, but there is hardly anywhere, at least within 2.5 hours of a city where you see nothing (as it is around any big city really). It is just city after city along the freeway. Really, yesterday I'd say it took me a good 2 hours before there was just desert. I'm just like, wow, I don't feel claustrophobic. I can breathe, there is space here. Again, you don't notice the absence of something until you are around it again...I had no idea I was claustrophobic! haha
Also, who know I'd have to go to Arizona to see some freakin' rain! Honestly people, I don't know when the last time I saw rain was, I mean literally, I think it's rained maybe 2 times this entire school year in Pasadena. I swear to God, and I might be stretching it there because I don't even remember when that was. (To be fair, we lived in a cave-like aot so I might have missed a few times :) Not to mention, a thunderstorm. If it didn't storm while I was home last summer, then it truly has been 2 years since I heard thunder or saw lightning, and I MISS it!! So, guess what happened last night? I storm went by, it looked like it was going to be right here but it wasn't. But I did hear a little thunder, saw lightning, and saw the sky change to dark blue instead of this always-light blue/smog crap that I've had for the past 2 years. Didn't think someone would complain about near perfect-sunny days right? Well I am. I like some change! And, apparently this is monsoon season in AZ! So the weather forecast has a storm on there for everyday for the next like 2 weeks, but it's totally sunny & everything until it happens. Kinda like Florida, it rains and then the sun comes out & you never knew what happened. So, yesterday as the sky was getting dark & it was getting windy, I assumed it would be cooler outside because that's what happens at home.. oh no. It was still 100. haha And Ivan said the rain isn't cold, it's warm too! We don't have our cable hooked up yet, so literally I've just been looking out the windows; we had 1 window in our last apartment, and that was just the balcony door! Here we have 8 windows!! It's amazing! haha
So that's that. I will leave again tomorrow morning to come home! YAY! I'm excited for a visit. I told Ivan our neighbors are gonna be like, what the heck is up with your girlfriend? I was the first one they met, was here for 1 day, and then left for a week, I come back with more stuff, stay for 2 days, and leave again for 3 weeks! haha Oh well. I'm sure Ivan will have made us a bunch of friends by the time I get back.
Here's a link to my stuffed car & the place: share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=9IZMWbVw5Y-Y
