I’ve moved! A lot has happened in the last few days. I have started multiple blogs in my head, but haven’t had the chance to post anything. So I’ve decided to take a few moments and post some blurbs. I apologize for the complete randomness.o Tie. Although iced coffee weather is coming as well and DD has the best iced caramel latte.
- Old Apartment vs. New House
1. Starbucks vs. Dunkin Donuts
2. Comcast vs. Verizon
o The best customer service and easiest experience I had with Comcast was disconnecting my service. Ironic. Hopefully, Verizon will prove better. Starting with being on time for the service appointment on Thursday.
3.Gas oven vs. Electric oven
o The old place wins on this one. My last two apartments have had gas ovens and while it took awhile to get acclimated to them (and I never used them all that frequently) I grew to love the way they baked and the instant stove top heat. The electric ovens with newfangled glass cook tops fall short.
4. Two rooms vs. Seven rooms
o My entire apartment would fit in just the kitchen and dining room of the new place. With the possibility of space left over. I’m not sure how to decorate or fill all the new space, and I don’t know that we really need three bedrooms, but it is nice to be in such a spacious and bright place!
5. Middle of the city vs. Middle of the burbs
o The old place was in the middle of DC with restaurants and shopping within walking distance. The new place is in Gambrills, MD with farmland within walking distance. Winner remains to be seen.
6. Centipedes vs. Stink bugs
o Both are gross. I've gotten to the point of scooping the stink bugs up and throwing them outside. The centipedes and I never progressed past smashing them with the closest shoe.
o The best customer service and easiest experience I had with Comcast was disconnecting my service. Ironic. Hopefully, Verizon will prove better. Starting with being on time for the service appointment on Thursday.
3.Gas oven vs. Electric oven
o The old place wins on this one. My last two apartments have had gas ovens and while it took awhile to get acclimated to them (and I never used them all that frequently) I grew to love the way they baked and the instant stove top heat. The electric ovens with newfangled glass cook tops fall short.
4. Two rooms vs. Seven rooms
o My entire apartment would fit in just the kitchen and dining room of the new place. With the possibility of space left over. I’m not sure how to decorate or fill all the new space, and I don’t know that we really need three bedrooms, but it is nice to be in such a spacious and bright place!
5. Middle of the city vs. Middle of the burbs
o The old place was in the middle of DC with restaurants and shopping within walking distance. The new place is in Gambrills, MD with farmland within walking distance. Winner remains to be seen.
6. Centipedes vs. Stink bugs
o Both are gross. I've gotten to the point of scooping the stink bugs up and throwing them outside. The centipedes and I never progressed past smashing them with the closest shoe.
- Internet: I miss cable and internet. Comcast service stopped at the old apartment on Friday evening and Verizon service won’t be set up here until Thursday morning. That’s almost a week of downtime! What did we ever do without the internet? So far I have stolen WiFi from Dunkin Donuts and attempted to hack into our neighbors wireless. The first was extremely successful. The signal was very strong in the parking lot. The second was almost successful. I managed to successfully guess their password and was rewarded with ‘limited connectivity.’ Unfortunately, they have some other security walls or wireless protection or something or other that I wasn’t techie enough to figure out. So if my internet activity is diminished this week…this be why.
- Coffee and Such: I moved in and realized I have no idea where the closest Starbucks is!! I know that I have banned myself from going there, but there is still a sense of security in knowing there are multiple locations within walking distance should I need a fix. The closest location here is almost ten minutes by car! There is, however, a Dunkin Donuts about a mile down the road. This is the closest I have ever lived to a DD! I have frequented it twice. Then I remembered today was to be the start of my new eating healthier routine. So, we will just pretend that doughnut this morning didn’t happen.
- Sunroof and Seat warmer Weather: Spring is a coming! It’s not here yet. And I know there will be more horrible weather to come (today’s rain being just a sneak peak), but there have been periods recently where the weather has been just about perfect. Sunny skies and good T-shirt and jeans temperatures. The perfect weather to pop open the sunroof and turn on the seat warmer. Just the right amount of sun, wind and warmth.
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