22 hours later...

Got us some Road Runner Internet hooked up this afternoon, thus the post! Joe and I made it into Cleveland this past Sunday evening at around 1930 hours. The second day of driving was more eventful than the first. We got a couple of nice showers along the way, saw a rainbow.....and.....had a close call on....or perhaps....off....a ramp trying to get onto I-71, northbound towards Cleveland. We almost made friends with the protective guardrail to say the least. Oye veh.

But all is well and we're safe and sound in our new place, which is still a little on the disorganized side, but a trip to the local Ikea in Pittsburgh will do the trick.

The weather here = fantastic. The high today was a whoppin' 73 degrees. And the low tonight... 49. Most apartment units around here, including ours, are lacking in the air conditioning department, so the cool nights and perfect daytime temps are well welcomed. I've noticed though, because of the great weather here, more people are out, taking walks, going to the park, taking the option to eat outside at restaurants, riding bikes, chilling on their porches, creating an atmosphere conducive to happy minds and friendly peeps. Joe and I have already gotten to know and become great friends with all of our neighbors. Venice, lives across the hall and just graduated from law school and has started her own company that deals with business relations, downstairs we've got Nicole, who is a current med student at Case Western and has a new puppy Theo who could play fetch all hours of the day, then we've got Joe who lives right below us with his two small kiddos and a dog Lucy. Crystal, who lives in the building next door with her two middle school aged kids saw Joe and I moving in and graciously brought us ice cold bottles of Gatorade.

Things here are great.

Our place is the on in the upper left corner.

Joe set up a picnic for us to eat our scrumptious lunch from a place down the street called Aladdin's. Delicious lamb, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, radishes, and yogurt sauce all wrapped up in a homemade pita bread, toasted to perfection.