Sorry it's been so long since I posted... the all moving in over the weekend thing was really hectic. But we did it and are now 100% settled in... What's the next step you ask? Learn the area and find a job!
Easier said then done... at least on the job front. I'm already getting a good feel for this town... and honestly, I absolutely love it. Burbank is the perfect mix of everything I want. It's a good mix of suburban and city. It's close enough to the city and freeways, that I can get anywhere I want in Los Angeles quickly (unless traffic strikes!) but it's just far enough away that it is its on little city. It has shopping very close by, a beautiful downtown shopping/walking area... free parking everywhere, bus stops, rail stations, the airport... it's very self sustaining and very friendly. There a parks everywhere and since it's sunny and warm here a lot, it's really perfect.
Sarah and I really like our apartment too... it's not too big, but not too small either. It's very homey now too after we decorated and unpacked everything!
Not too much else to report in terms of the living situation... Sarah has a job interview today, so let's hope it goes well for her! I have a meeting with a contact through a friend of my Dad's, but it could still prove to be very helpful in being pointed in the right direction for work!
A few stories about how experiences moving into the area though... just for the sake of having something to give you all to talk about! I told you in the last post about the fruit that was taken from us as we crossed into California at one of their inspection stations... so I won't go into that. But then there was another story.... it was Friday, the day we arrived to move in. The truck was to be delivered and dropped off that afternoon... then I get a call, "You're truck has been quarantined!" It was a long fiasco that resulted in me having to call the State Agriculture Department, who then told me I could still get my truck, but after I moved in I would have to call the local inspection office and they would come out and inspect some of the things we had in our truck...so I call them after we move in and we talked about a few of their "concern items" and then they decided we were ok and there was no need for an inspector to come out. SOOO, in the end it was a lot of headache for nothing!
The reason for their concern though was over Gypsy Moths. I got a huge lesson about these as I talked to everyone from the Agriculture Departments.... They are Moths that are not native to America... but they now live in a lot of eastern states. The states have been quarantined for these pests... so states that don't have them have inspections for incoming materials, both commercial and residential. The don't want it spreading... I understand all of this, but it was still a big headache that I feel could've been better handled between the trucking company and the state.
But alas, that is all I have! If you want to see photos of our place, you can see them on Sarah's Facebook (you must be friends with her to see them) or you can contact one of us and we'd be happy to show you them! (Or if you have Skype, perhaps we could give you a virtual tour like we did for our parents!)
Until my next post, enjoy the snow East Coast! SUCKERS!
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