Getting settled, slowly

Today is my second day in Kansas City... well, I guess I should say Missouri, because right now I'm staying in Independence at Tom's mom's house. I'm adjusting to city life again, and loving every minute of it. For lunch yesterday, Tom and I explored the neighborhood where we will be living. He showed me where the post office is, as well as the grocery store. I can't wait to get my bike out here, everything is really close to my apartment. As a treat, we stopped at the Jeruselem Cafe for lunch. I got a gyro and Tom had chicken curry. He's in love with the stuff, I can't wait to introduce him to Laura's boyfriend hehe. As an appetizer we had, and I'm going to butcher the spelling, baba ganoush (?) which is like hummus but made with eggplant. Quite tasty I should add.

Today I actually got to tour the apartment. I sign my lease tomorrow and we are planning to move in tomorrow evening. I love the place, it's really cute. I would say that it's about the size of the apartment I had in New York, except the kitchen is easily twice as big as that kitchen. It has a full sized gas stove and a little area on the side for a table. There is a pennisula separating the kitchen from the living room, I'll need to get some bar stools so that I can have a breakfast bar. The bathroom is really cute, I have a pedistal sink :D I really like it. It's a first floor apartment, so I have to walk up a total of four stairs to get from the parking lot to my apartment, and my bedroom is overlooking the courtyard. As I mentioned before, the neighborhood is really nice, with little shops and restaurants close by. I also have a park just around the corner, which I will be exploring with Dakota. I hope she likes walking, because I certainly do!

I'm spending the rest of today job hunting. I got an e-mail response to a case manager position I applied for, which looks promising. I'm applying to a few more places today, and then I am going to call a bunch of the places that I applied to before. Then it's off to an undisclosed location to purchase a birthday present for a certain someone who's birthday is coming up...