We drove to San Rafael today to get a few errands done. We rented a storage unit to hold what belongings we kept, and Bob dropped his tools off at the dealership. We are having fun seeing all the differences between Arizona and California. Bob was given his drug test today (it's done by mouth swab)and they didn't charge him a penny; back in Arizona he was charged $28! What makes it worse is while at the dealership today they told him the tests only cost them $3...curious indeed. We looked around at apartments for the rest of the day and found one that will be available in early March. It looks like a good fit, a nice area with inexpensive rent and the management was responsive. Mostly though, I have just been wowed by the beauty here. After two months in nothing but dusty brown and faded beige, all this greenery is like eye-candy. And California isn't even the most lush state out there! T
We had to get rid of a few pieces of furniture [the nasty old couch is gone woohoo! I mean...um... :-( ] and tried to take them to Goodwill but they weren't able to accept them. We found the dump nearby and dropped ( literally dropped, we had to throw them off a little ledge) them off there. It cost $59, but was otherwise a fun experience to have. There was a small mountain of tree branches and leaves to one side, and a forklift shuttling various bits of trash to separate piles. Then in the middle, a huge blue structure with men sorting the refuse out by hand.
Glad to be back in Cali and moving forward, get to see some of my babies tomorrow!
So glad you found an apartment and his tools are now at the dealership. Hope the distance from the apartment and work are short enough to bicycle. I know that old blue couch has seen its rounds. It started here, and even then I purchased it from a very exclusive home in DeWitt. It definately had some wear and tear on it. If I remember right, didn't Eggroll like it a little too much?
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Mom and Manuel