We were officially online as of 5 PM yesterday. It took me 7 hours to catch up on sweeps and whatnot, but I got caught up.

While I was working yesterday, a rooster walked by the window. It was actually in the vacant yard next to us.

The trash gets picked up early here at 4 AM. Because it’s a one-way street and the arm that lifts the pail is on the wrong side, they had to walk it around to the right side of the truck, Tom said.

It was warmer today so we didn’t fire up the heater. I just used the portable one in the bedroom for a while. It’s to be even warmer tomorrow.

Since today wasn’t a good day to get the dressers, we browsed through part of the downtown area, stopped for pizza, and looked in shops.

The one that has this cool-looking bamboo plant was closed, but we went into this cute gift shop where I got a cat calendar for next year and some colored paper. Speaking of paper, I started signing up for freebies and came across this rather incredible paper site that sells all kinds of paper. Paper I’ve never heard of like metallic, iridescence and others that shimmer and change colors in shifting light.

We also stopped at Jan’s and got some incense. She still orders from Incense Galore, though she also has her old stuff, too. I cleaned her Patchouli out well and got some other favorites like Sweet Musk, Puddy Cat, and Cranberry.

We haven’t gotten any mail yet and I asked Tom if he was sure we were allowed to get any here because not even she’s gotten any. He said it can take up to a week to be forwarded and that she probably doesn’t get mail here because she has a PO Box.

I took my first bath here, something I usually only do in colder weather. The tub’s not the most comfortable, but it’ll do.