Our First Week in Arizona

The last half of our move-in crew left bright and early Monday morning, and Andy and I were left on our own! We began trying to tackle our inordinate amount of boxes to try and get organized. We have made some great progress this week! We have made a couple of trips to Ikea and Target to try and make our apartment feel more like home, and I think that we have done a pretty good job! We have also been around town to check things out. We have a pretty good fitness center and some pools (we just got working keys to the pools yesterday, so that will be fun!) and some good restaurants around. We made a goal of doing one date night per week, even if it's at home, to spend some time together, and for our first date we went and checked out a movie theater that is close and saw Toy Story 3, then went to a new restaurant for dinner. We'll have to look around for some different restaurants--I don't think we'll be frequenting the one we went to. We also tried playing some games with just the two of us--we have tried Nertz and Canasta so far. I think that Canasta was made for more than two people, because it was the greatest whooping that I have ever received at the hands of Andy with a score of 5945 to 1260. Wow. Nertz was pretty good, though, but a lot slower than with more people. We'll have to keep trying things out. Suggestions are welcome :) Arizona is good-I think that we are adjusting to the heat ok, we just don't go outside super often. It's crazy how warm it has been. It was 107 yesterday when we drove to Ikea, and I felt like I started sweating right when I walked out the door. Ikea has misters outside the building, and those were lovely. The heat is like a wall when you walk outside, and it's going to get hotter! Goodness. That said, we have an air-mattress thanks to Evan and Linn, and a futon thanks to Alan and Whitney, so if you have a hankering for the heat, feel free to give us a call!