Today Doug and I have the day off together. It is such a nice feeling. We both slept in (actually he's still sleeping). I have the coffee brewing and just have to wait for him to wake up to make breakfast together.
We're now about 80% positive that we'll be moving when our lease is up in July. I looked on Craigslist to see how much our apartment is going for, and it was at $1500. Ridiculous. Not something we're willing to pay, and more importantly not something that we can afford. I've been looking into guesthouses though and that has gotten me excited. I search for guesthouses with our price cap and there are a few that people are renting out. Some sound just like renting a real house, just smaller. Some have laundry hook ups. Some have fireplaces. If we got a guest house I think we'd feel like we live in a house, a little cottage, just like I want. We'd have some sort of yard too. We'll have mixed feelings about leaving this place (I'm sad that we'll be gone before the humungous Target opens across the street, and this was our first place together), but I'm excited for the next chapter.
Along with opening of that chapter is our trip to Europe! This possibility had been brewing in our minds and plans for a long time, and now it's actually happening. Thanks to my parents and their generosity, we're able to go! We'll be leaving on the 17th of July (I'm excited that we'll get to see Harry Potter before we go), and then not coming back till August 21st. Spending almost a week in London, a week in Paris, a week in Italy, and then have 2 weeks to go around Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. I dunno how we're gonna be able to find christmas tree ornaments for all of the places.
Yesterday I was getting excited about it and searched packing lists and kindle guide books. I found some guide books for my Kindle which we have to go through and read to see what we want to see and where we want to go. And I realized that we can use the internet on my Kindle there, so we don't have to get some crazy fancy phone to use over there. And the packing lists are really helpful. We're more or less backpacking through Europe, so we're not bring big suitcases. And they had ideas for items I wouldn't really think to bring. Like a sham-wow towel for the hostels that don't provide towels. And to make sure you have appropriate clothing for the historical religious places, and to bring one pair of shoes and a pair of nice sandals. It'll be nice to have a packing list from people who've been there and wrote books about it.
Doug's up now, so we're gonna make breakfast and then get on with our day.
We're making our specialty. Like an open egg mcmuffin, but with the eggs over-easy instead of scrambled. It's one of our favorites. And I've just about perfected the cooking timing.
Cooking Eggs and Bacon
English muffin, cheese, bacon, and over-easy egg. Mmmmm
2 comments:
Photos made me hungry. Looks perfectly yummy!
Excited for you re: month of travel in Europe.
A guest house---what a great idea!
Good times ahead!
oh... btw. kindle does charge you a lot for using the wispernet in other countries. when i was in canada a notice came up on my screen letting me know that since i was out of the country. and internet pretty much is awful on the kindle (if you have used it. try it out first for sure). i know when we went to canada it was only like $15 to get a partial contract for use in other countries and then you just cancel is when you get back. i dont know what your plan offers though...=/
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