Little Rock...my new home?!?

We arrived in Little Rock early on Thursday afternoon without incident. Dad and I swung by the new house first to drop off the Focus, then went on to the Hillis residence. Dad quickly got on the road to head home to Memphis...he was clearly pretty fried and ready to be home. I still can't thank him enough for all his help.

After Beth got out of work, we went to our house and I got to see the inside for the first time. To put it mildly, it's a little disappoiting. It's smaller than it appears from pictures, it's located close to a pretty loud street, and it just seems dingy to me. The good things are that it should be okay, space-wise, as it's bigger than our last apartment, and that it is substantially cheaper. And since I won't be able to work for a month or two, that's a pretty big deal. I'm sure I'll feel a lot better about it once we clean up the inside a little and get all of our stuff unpacked, but for now I'm completely underwhelmed. I'm trying not to be too negative about everything but I think my attitude is wearing on Beth a little already. It's tough to be too optimistic with the way things are for me right now.

Good news: the movers called and now it appears that they will arrive on Saturday morning after all. That threw a kink into Beth's plans because she wanted to do some painting and cleaning on Saturday before our furniture arrived but we'll be fine. I'm happy about the idea of having everything set by Saturday afternoon. The Sox play, the Celtics have a playoff game, and it's NFL Draft Day, so clearly I need my system set up!

And to address one of the anonymous comments: I have NEVER owned leather pants--come on, I don't think they make those in a 44 waist. The yellow shades died years ago, although I do have some more subtle green Ray Bans. But I had the cheap black wraparounds going for the trip. And Steph, my Dad really enjoyed "Saturday" so the recommendation was a success.

Off to run some errands. Thanks for the comments and keep them coming!