Settling in. . .

It's been two days since we arrived in Syracuse, and we're starting to get settled in. We LOVE our new apartment! Though it is a little bit smaller and has one less bathroom than our last apartment, it is laid out much better and has a lot more open space and a deceptive amount of closet space. Ultimately, we had a lot easier time putting all of our stuff away than at our North Logan apartment. Also, we're up on the third floor and have a massive balcony that looks West, so we can see out over the area a little bit and get some good sunsets.

Along with getting acquainted to our new apartment, we're getting acquainted with our new city and new ward members. Yesterday we went to the "Lee's" of upstate New York, a store called Wegman's the one closest to us is pretty cool and is like a Lee's on steroids! It is probably bigger than the Logan Wal-Mart and has a ridiculous amount of grocery products. One interesting thing we noticed is the amount of organic produce available. There was basically two aisles for everything. . . one for the regular stuff and one for the organic. We're not weird like that, so we didn't pay three times as much money for the organic stuff.

Today we added a few more pieces to our apartment. We found a pair of black bookshelves that are identical to the ones we left behind in Logan. We bought both of them for $20 and then added a really nice leather desk chair for $25. . . now we just have to find the desk. Most recently, we just got back from having dinner with the Cundick's (Paul and Taniel), their neighbors, and some other ward members. We're trying to get to know people in this ward faster than we did our student ward back home, so that maybe we can actually enjoy their company longer. Plus. . . once we got to know people back home, Tara decided that she was actually quite the party hostess.

We're still trying to get adjusted to the Eastern Time Zone, so I'm going to sign off for the night. There's a big ward party at one of the many local lakes tomorrow, so we don't want to sleep in too late like we have been!