interlude

moving.

i hate it.

especially when you have to start over on everything:

new apartment.

new job.

new city.

new friends.

ok, it's more so fun and exciting...

...but that is if you got everything in line, and boy oh boy, that was far from being where i was at. 

but it is starting to fall in place (now that i am actually here and it has to).

friday

i was aware there was a storm headed to des moines saturday morning so keifer and i decided to drive down to osceola that night after we got all loaded up.

(again, a huge thank you to those that helped me out: kalvin, casey, shelby, keifer, and even angie, with the tv stand)

we started loading the truck about 5:30pm and keifer and i were on the road a little before 8:30pm.

i was exhausted, 

but knowing my car was sketchily attached to the back of that uhaul that was going 65mph at points, and driving on bumpy road, i couldn't be more wide awake - anxiety at it's worst!

i know it is hard to see, but following keifer, who was driving the uhaul, pulling my car, can you imagine the thoughts running through my head?

if anyone was wonder everything fit that i needed except for my two end tables, and i forgot my bed frame and a few pillows.

we got to keifer's apartment at 11:00pm, but to park the uhaul, we had to take my car off the dolly and park that, take the dolly off the uhaul and park that, and finally park the uhaul. 

we got to bed by 12:00am, which was plenty of sleep.

saturday

whitney and i had to meet at the leasing office to sign our lease and pay our first months rent.

we got our keys...

and it was official.

YAY for us:)

we stopped by they apartment before picking up keifer and the uhaul to fill out our move-in check list - we were thorough that is for sure; we even took pictures.

after that, keifer and i got subway before we started unloading what we could by ourselves.

jarael and josh (huge thanks to them as well) stopped by to congratulate me on my new place by helping keifer move my two sofas, a dresser, and my "aggressive" tv stand all the way up to my second floor apartment. 

jarael obviously had the easiest side;p

whitney didn't move much in on saturday besides dishes - oh my gosh i have never seen so many glasses - so keifer stayed over. call me a baby, but i didn't want to spend my first night in des moines alone (and thank heaven i didn't).

we got breakfast pizza from casey's as well as those new aluminum, twist top, 16oz cans of bud light.

we did a little r&r and unpacking while the cyclone game was on.

after, we thought we would watch a movie and scratch some scratch tickets.

just as we are about to start the movie, a loud ringing/buzzing noise started coming from the hallway.

i'll just make this long story short:

1st floor neighbor called 9-1-1.

she knocked on our door and told us to get out.

there was smoke all over the first floor.

firetrucks were on scene in less than five minutes.

we sat in the car with the dogs for over an hour until they cleared the apartments - keifer was rather irritated that night.

now, yesterday i finally found out that the apartment the fire started in was completely empty and should have been locked up. 

well, it was not.

can anyone say, "sketchy"?

as erin put it, "if this doesn't prove this was meant to be, then i don't know what will." - jokingly of course.

but really, great welcoming we sure had.

[super bowl] sunday

for starters,

GO SEAHAWKS!!!
and no we weren't the ONLY ones cheering them on - i got proof (sorry emily and jason)

keifer bought a cable splitter and moved his bedroom tv to the living room so this is how we got to watch the game.

yes two televisions for three people - keifer, whitney, and myself - to watch football ha.

and i made cheese dip as well to snack on during the game,

which of course was delicious, and keifer had the brilliant idea of adding veggie sausage patties to it!

snacks.

beer.

football.

perfect sunday.

monday

keifer and i went down to osceola to say our "until next time"s to dillon.

that butthead is leaving us all again.

i know i'm not the only one that is going to miss him - those 2 months with him being back we were definitely all spoiled.

we all played some cards and pool.

and i got to cuddle with miss journee some more.

yes, i bought her that outfit.

and whether her parents like it or not, jovee and journee will be packers fan.

i love getting to see "the blakelys" more.

and i can't wait to spend nights with the girls.

even with all the stress of starting over, beginning new, i am also excited and happy it is finally happening and in "play".

[sneak peek]

love the fireplace, even if i never use it ha.

 i got my own bathroom.
not that i would care if whitney and i had to share...
...but we are girls, and bathroom time and space are critical to our beauty.
sharing bathrooms can be a hassle working around each others schedules. 
so a definite plus to the apartment.

our movie collection is quite large.

many movie nights to come (whitney has a popcorn popper too... SCORE).

more pictures, projects, updates to come.

but for now that is all i got.

happy hump day:)