Elizabeth and I have spent the week actually living in our new city. We are past the stage of running to Wal-Mart trip for a shower curtain so we can clean ourselves. We've got the basics down and it no longer feels like we're living in a hotel.
Here's a few excerpts:
On Tuesday, we went to a concert. It was the best. We saw mc chris and two openers, MC Lars and MATH the Band. It was certainly more of my scene than Elizabeth's, but I have it on good authority that she enjoyed the show.
We got our Washington state drivers' licenses which was much easier than anticipated. After all the preparation, the law governing what was required changed on June 1. We were allowed to submit our old SC licenses as proof of identity and were in and out in a few minutes.
Elizabeth has been stalking used bookstores to fill up our new bookcases. We've been to three and found another eighteen or so to go to. Finds include a dozen new Agatha Christie mysteries she's never read, and even better are the Holmes pastiches and Nero Wolfe novels she's missing from her extensive collection.
We found an off-leash dog park a few blocks over. It's friendly and populated by a lot of cultured and urban dogs so Copper feels a little out-classed by the shar peis and pugoodles. Unfortunately it isn't grassy; it's this loose gravel-stuff which reminds me of walking around in a giant litter box. This may indeed be the point. I'm going to reserve judgement for a second trip.
Coming up, we were considering celebrating Caroline's birthday (6/18) by going to a Mariners game. Incidentally, they're giving away Griffey and Ichiro best-buds bobbleheads to the first 30,000 fans. Now that we have our drivers' licenses we look forward to such mundane activities as getting a library card and registering to vote! Stay tuned for those exciting stores in the near future.
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