A JOB!!!!

So I'm pretty sure that I have a job now!  Like, a full-time one, at least for the rest of the year.  It's still a bit hush hush because all the paperwork hasn't been signed yet, but screw that... we bought a bottle of champagne and we're celebrating!

Also, the apartment is pretty much done.  The camera is dead, and I can't find the charger, but once I do I'll take some more pictures.  We've got a ginormous couch for giants in here now, and it's really just fantastic.  It's big and comfy and awesome!

And we've started wedding planning.  And by we, I mean me, but JonMarke's being pretty good about it.  He is at least having an opinion on things and helping me start to look for venues!  We're visiting a few places this weekend and it seems like about now we're just gonna start doing this with (apparently) all of our free time from now on.  :-)  It probably won't be that bad.  I think we're a bit early in picking out a place as we're trying to have the wedding in September or October of next year, so maybe once we've got that dealt with we'll have a break before DJs, photographers, videographers, caterers, flowers, decorations, invitations, DRESSES!, etc.  (I'm excited about the dress part)

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Apartment!

Well, it's not finished, but it's definitely getting there!  Actually, the only things that still need to fit in somehow are a couch and a TV/TV stand, which we will deal with in a few weeks.

So, pictures!

Looking in from the hallway (still a few boxes unpacked)

Just inside the door, a place for shoes, and our table

Kitchen

More kitchen, between the fridge and stove

Desk and bookshelf

Looking into our room (I think the TV will go right next to that bookshelf on the outside wall of our bedroom)

Bedroom, with a bed and everything!

Bathroom

Looking in at the closet from the bathroom (the door into the living room is just there on the left before the shoe rack)

Looking into the closet from the living room (the plan, however, is to keep those doors closed so no one has to look in at the mess that is our closet)

Our first week here has been pretty awesome!  I am super tan again, which is nice.  I used to be this tan all the time when I was a little kid, running around outside, playing soccer, etc. and now that I'm walking everywhere (and it's summer) I'm tan again.

We're walking sooooo much here!  On weekdays I walk almost three miles every day (depending on how much I walk at lunchtime) just getting to and from the public transit and lunch.  We live in a fantastic neighborhood where you can walk to almost everything you need.  We still plan on driving to Dominick's on the weekends to buy meat and that sort of grocery type item, but we have a great little produce market at the end of our block, and a CVS for random emergency needs.  It's great.  There's also a ton of other little stores around, a bunch of restaurants, banks, salons, etc.  And the Metra, should we ever want to go downtown (for things other than work).  Also, there's a bajillion parks and a beach within walking distance, so going for runs (yes, I will be going for runs) will be nice and scenic.

In fact, we went for a run last weekend, but it was storming and rained like no other on us almost the entire time.  My legs just stopped hurting Saturday, which was basically exactly a week later.  Hopefully I'll get used to the exercise soon, cuz it sure is good for me!

We did absolutely nothing for the Fourth yesterday, which was really nice.  Aunt April and Uncle Bob came over for lunch and we took a walk around the neighborhood, but after that we were exhausted and just came home and did nothing (besides build the bookshelves and unpack the books).

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