tuesday

Today I slept in and then spent an hour on my new home...unpacking and getting organized.

I have such a beautiful home. It is a unit in a fourplex, two enterances at the front and two at the back. I am number nine, enterance at the front, on the left. When you walk in there is a landing and you can go to the left to go upstairs or to the right to go downstairs. when you go upstairs, the coat closet is on your left and straight ahead of you is the huge storage closet and my deep freeze. To the left is my huge living room. It is furnished with a comfy couch and matching chair and three matching coffee tables. There are three lamps too...in case you were wondering. At the far end of the living room is my balcony that looks out onto a forest. Often my neighbors very gentle dog is out there sniffing around. The dining room and kitchen together are equal size to the living room. The dining room has a big window and a place to sit four. The kitchen is very big and spacious, with lots of cupboards and counter space.

If you go downstairs, the utility room is straight ahead of you...I don't go in there...it's kinda weird :) The laundry room is on your left. I have a nice sized bathroom with lots of cupboard space, a deep tub and a shower with lots of power...which I love. there are two bedrooms at the end of the hall. Mine had a queen sized bed with lovely furniture and a huge mirror. i haven't really gone into the other bedroom at all.

After unpacking, I went for a tour at the school and then drove to high level to do some shopping, for groceries. Already, when the teachers heard I was going into town, I had money and lists in my hands for orders! That was cool.

I guess I didn't really do to much today....driving takes up a lot of time. It is pitch black by 6pm and the last half hour driving home was making me a bit nervous, but I made it safe. and the community here is very close and caring. I called the vice principal before I left High Level and she came to see me at my home as soon as I got back. She probably saw my car seeing how town here is so small! Otherwise, If I wasn't back in three hours from the time I said I would leave...(and they do this for everyone)....she would have sent out a search party to look for my car in the woods. Seriously...that road is unbelievable! Fun, but dangerous.

I had a candlelight dinner and read up on some teacherish stuff and then went to bed. Tommorrow is my first day!