A Few National Blocks Away...

Whew! The last couple of days have been quite busy.

My mom and I arrived at Seatac Airport around 7pm Pacific Time. I called my brother to find out where he and my dad were only to discover they were awaiting our arrival outside the B gates. We spent the night at the near by La Quinta and I advise against staying there if you are in the area. If you are familiar with the sound a metal cable makes as it weakens nears its lifetime limit, then you know the sound the elevators made. Couple that with a comforting squeaking when my brother jumped up and down, and lets just say I have a new respect for the slow steady pace of the elevator in Main Building (for my IIT friends).

We went to Dave's Diner across the street from our hotel for dinner. We decided the good reviews on urban spoon were either made by the staff, or they were somebody's idea of a cruel joke. My brother ordered an Alaskan Amber to drink, the waitress asked if he wanted the large or the small glass. When it was my turn I ordered a Bud Light and her response was, "Did you want the big... or wait, its a can so never mind." Indeed I was served a can of Bud Light. While at first I found this to be disappointing, I was thankful for it later when my mother found something floating in her wine. There were several other little "quirks" about this establishment, but I'll move on.

Tuesday, oh Tuesday. We started the day out pretty early as the first appartment viewing appointment was at 9am and we had 4 people with 1 shower. We went to a total of 5 places that day. I had reduced my 12 locations to 6 prior to that day and by the time we go to the neighborhood of the 6th place, I had decided I didn't care anymore. (not to mention, it didn't look like the best of places). The winning property was a two bedroom in East Bremerton.

My new apartment (I can say that, I signed the papers and got keys today) is in East Bremerton. Its an older property, so no, it doesn't have a club house, free tanning, or a raquet ball court. Although I'm sure it will be difficult, I think I will adjust to not having these ammenities. If worse comes to worse there is a tanning, espresso, and tea bar up the street from my new place. :) So, right my new place, its a two bedroom townhouse with the living quarters upstairs and the living room, kitchen and dining space on the main floor. (all for the low low price of about 300 dollars less than the tanning-racquetball-pool equipped place) My landlord is this older quirky guy (much like my apartment) who likes to talk about all the other properties he's owned over the years. From Aspen, to Oklahoma City, to Chicago, to Washington, he's been there and owned some portion of it. His name is Chuck and he drives his "truck" which is conviently disguised as a jeep liberty. I met one of my neighbors today too! His name is Mel. His girlfriend lives next door to him and he assured my parents that he would look out for me. :) I'll get pictures up tomorrow, I promise.

Here I am rambling on and on and I almost forgot about why I titled this blog as I did. As I previously mentioned, I had a graduation party at my grandparents house in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. My grandparents live on a street called Mountain View, and as fate would have it, as do I. So if you were to start there in Scottsbluff and drive North West for some 20 hours, you'd find me, just a few national blocks away.

I hope you all are doing well! I miss you all and I look forward to hearing from you. Email me, or call me if you want my full address; I didn't want to just post it out there for anyone to read.