Well it is now Wednesday, and we have had a few more hiccups. First off we both got these wonderful head colds to deal with, and our computer charger died and we had to call dell to get a new one, so we are only using our computer for essential stuff only. Luckily Dell was on top of things (unlike the housing department of my nursing agency) and the charger came in 24 hours!
But hey it's moving day today and that is exciting. I have learned from people at the hospital that our apartment is actually not in the best area and was told to to be careful (very comforting). It's hard to tell, there seems to be a mixture of people around us, overall I think it will be okay. We pull up to our new apartment though to learn that the few things we asked for and were told we would have in our place are not true. First off I asked for a top level unit and verified that about 3-4 times so that I can sleep better during the daytime, our apartment is on the bottom floor. We asked for a king size bed and my recruiter said that will not be a problem, the bed is a queen. We didn't even bring sheets for a queen so we are using sleeping bags until they switch our beds out. The apartment also smells like smoke (a little febreeze helped with that). So we call my recruiter to verify things and to announce our disappointment and she says she will see if we can be moved to a top floor unit or have something arranged. So we decide to hang out until we hear back, rather that to start unpacking... in the meantime we are wondering if we should try to go find something else...
The downtown area of Menomonee Falls is so cute I just wished we could find something there, it's closer to the hospital and a little safer, but we need a place today so we wait to here back. About two hours later my recruiter calls to say that there isn't any other units available at our current complex or at any other properties they have access to, but they can move us on July 1st... (yea I can't wait to unpack then pack again, is it really worth it?) So we trek back and start to unload, beginning to get a little homesick and wondering why we left such a great home and area in KC. We look at the positive though. The complex is maintained well, with great landscaping and a nice clubhouse. It was just disappointing to be told one thing and walk in to something completely the opposite, especially after being in hotels and living out of our car for a week. It has been hard trying to find the stores we need because they aren't around our apartments and there really isn't a good safe place for me to go run in our neighborhood either.
When we settle in that evening we learn that our new laptop connect that we bought from att does not have a very strong or fast connection at our apartment. grrr since I am feeling homesick and that is the best way to stay connected with people... Currently I can type these posts but cannot add pictures so we'll have to go to a hot spot tomorrow to finish.
So we are adjusting!
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