I’m up kind of early and not motivated to start organizing and unpacking yet. Yesterday after we moved in we had a lot of house calls.

The Latino dry waller who worked on this building came by looking for our developer, David. He had 6 containers of homemade salsa that his wife made and I guess periodically he gives them to David because he knows how much he likes it. David wasn’t around, so he put the salsa in the fridge of the one remaining condo unit in our building, but not before giving me one of them, which was really nice. The dry waller had his adorable daughter with him. She was maybe 6 years old, but she wouldn’t tell me her name. Too shy. Me: “cómo te llamas?” Her: Blank stare.

Later on we went and ate at Taqueria Moran, a nearby inexpensive Mexican restaurant. I was hoping/dreading that this place would be good because we’ll be walking past it a few times every day. If it’s good, score! But then I’ll want to go all the time. I love Mexican food. Verdict? It was good. Dallas loved the carnitas. After lunch we went across the street to the Mexican supermarket. I wanted to get some good chips for the salsa we were given. Also just wanted to check it out. Loads of fresh produce. Hopefully it’s a good quality because it’s really nearby our place. Just looked, it got poor reviews on Yelp. We also stopped into Panaderia La Central, the Mexican bakery, that’s right there. I’d gotten sweets there one time with Jen and Jess when we first viewed the condo, but Dallas had never been. We didn’t get anything, but had fun looking.

Back to unpacking. The Comcast guy came over next to get our internet service up and running. Then the plumber came over to work on finishing up the steam shower (!!) and David the Developer (groan) came over to check in on things. At night, after trick-or-treating Chad helped us move a few more things that we didn’t trust with the movers. Looooong day.

Today we’re expecting to see David again. An electrician is coming over to finish up a few things, a cleaning person is coming over because there’s a lot of dust and dirt on things from construction still, and I think the painter might be coming to take care of some sealing on the stairs. Oh, and the Direct TV is getting transferred over today. My parents are arriving in a few hours to help us out over the weekend. On Monday we have “the trimmer” coming to finish up some things in the bedroom that we had the developer change in the last week before we moved in. Our place is 99% complete but there are still some things on a list that need to be completed with the developer. Hopefully he’s cool and follows through on all he has promised to finish working on.

Now that you read all that, I guess I can show you a few photos of the place! These were taken when I came over before the movers, so it was completely empty. The condo is two floors, like our last apartment was. On the top is the kitchen, dining room, powder room, and living room. The bottom floor is a den/rec room/second living room, spare bedroom that will most likely be an office, bathroom, laundry, master bedroom and master bathroom. We have a private patio space as well as a shared deck on top of the garage. Oh, and a parking space in the garage. Right now our bikes are parked there!

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