We've Arrived!

We arrived in Seattle (actually a suburb about 20 miles away called Mukilteo) on Tuesday afternoon. We checked in and i took the dogs to our studio hotel room. We looked around and noticed it only had a shower, no tub. Chris just went to the front desk and asked if all studio rooms only have a shower. Since they all do, they offered a free upgrade to a one bedroom hotel room with a shower/tub. It's bigger too, so we're definitely happy with that. After moving rooms, we unpacked our car and junked up our hotel room. Our hotel offers free dinner Monday-Thursday, so we ate at our hotel lobby for dinner. We found a Wal-Mart and got some laundry detergent.

Chris didn't start work until Thursday, so we relaxed on Wednesday. We slept in, did laundry, and grabbed some lunch. I wanted to see the water, so we drove to the downtown part of Mukilteo (pronounced muck-ill-tee-o) and ate fish and chips at a place called Ivan's. The picture above was taken from the pier we sat on while eating. We live in a beautiful place! We spent the rest of the day relaxing, exploring, shopping, and doing more laundry. We found a nice mall with a Nordstrom, Macy's, and a Jamba Juice...some of my favorite things.

Thursday has been the only rainy day we've had so far. Chris went to work, and I spent the day with God. I realized that I'm actually excited about the future. I'm really looking forward to trying a new church on Sunday, which is normally something that I fear. I'm excited to see what God has in store for us here. Chris already knows what he's supposed to do work-wise, and I'm excited to see what's in store for me. When Chris finished his first day, we went out for sushi to celebrate.

On Friday, I went grocery shopping and began cooking since dinner isn't provided on the weekends. Chris is enjoying work. He was ecstatic to go tour the factory where Boeing builds planes. He likes the people too. He hasn't done much technical work since he doesn't have his computer yet, but overall, he enjoys his new job.

Today we spent the morning watching College Gameday and went out to look at rental homes. We only drove around (didn't go inside any homes) but were able to figure out areas we like and get more familiar with everything. We'll spend the rest of the day watching football (of course), and I'm going to make pot roast before our game. Pacific time is really nice on gameday, usually! Roll Tide!