Well, we made it into town about 9:30 Tuesday night, about 12.5 hours on the road, which was faster than we had initially thought. My awesome roommate, Leigha, and her family were already here and helped unload- we got done in about a half hour. Amazing. Then, they had a spread of food- veggies, cookies, cakes etc. for us to chow down on once we got done. Simply awesome. I was a little nervous becuase I didn't know much about her, but I think it should be fine. Kristin will be moving in tomorrow night! Then we can get things situated the way we all want.
Aside from the humidity, the weather is awesome. Tuesday night was pretty bad unloading, but today when we were walking around downtown, it was beautiful. Yesterday (Wednesday) we got breakfast and ran some errands- stopped at target <3 to get some cleaning stuff and other essentials and groceries to make Leigha's clan supper. Our apartment complex has a pool in the middle of the buildings. Our building is one that surrounds it, while there are some that are further away. We found that there are two really nice gas grills poolside, so Dad and Luke made some pork chops and chicken breasts for supper. Then a couple of guys that will be second year students delivered a washer/dryer set that we purchased from them. Dad and Luke carried up the dryer and they carried the washer... third floor. yikes.
Today we did some sight seeing. We started out walking around Beale St. and the rest of downtown. It looks a lot cleaner and nicer than it did in September for interviews. Patty, Leigha's step-mom told us that they had tripled the police force and are renovating downtown so that it is nicer. Praise. Then we went to the Civil Right's Museum at the former Lorraine Hotel where MLK was shot 41 years ago. They preserved the front of the building and his room in the hotel and made a museum out of it along with across the street where they think the bullet came from. It was eerie, but really cool. We attempted to drive past Graceland as well, but it was nutty around there. It's Elvis week as the anniversary of his death is Sunday. We then picked up some drawer pulls from Lowes and other misc. things before supper at Blues City Cafe on Beale St. where we had the ribs- DELICIOUS!! I also had a Wood Chuck Cider Beer- yummy!! Thanks, Sarah Davis for the recommendation! Down the block a little ways there was a trio playing Blues on an outdoor stage, but we scurried off after security was chasing around a vagrant that apparently wasn't supposed to be there.
Well, I'd better get to bed. Tomorrow the fam leaves. Hopefully I'll be better at unpacking and getting settled in once they've gone home!
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