Moved in, kind of

So I'm here. The drive down here wasn't that bad. We stopped 3 times (twice for bathroom and once for gas) and it took us about 7.5 hours. We were able to get the Uhaul unpacked and returned on Saturday night and then we went to Flat Branch Pub and Brewery for dinner. They make their own beer and root beer (which is really good!). After dinner we all came back to the house and started unpacking my stuff and putting things together. Haven't been able to finish my dresser since one of the drawers is cracked. Called them today and a new piece is on the way. Hopefully this one isn't cracked either.

Sunday morning my mom and dad left to go back to Wisconsin. It felt kind of weird being here all by myself (well, not really by myself, but you understand). This is the farthest I've lived from home ever. All through college I was able to just drive home for a day if needed. Now, I need to make a whole weekend out of it and drive 14-16 hours round trip. Yipee!

Now, the moment you've all been waiting for (mostly just mom): on Sunday afternoon Ben and I went to the Central Missouri Humane Society and adopted a dog. Her name is Portia and she's a Pug/Terrier mix. At first she was a little shy but she's slowly warming up to us which I hope continues. Here are some pictures of her first 3 days in the apartment with us (click on them to see a larger version).

Portia just chilling on the couch	On the way home from the humane society, totally not planned picture	Sleeping after her bath. She was a tad bit cold
Hanging out on the bed while we work on our computers	Puppy dog eyes, which don't work	Passed out after our long walk around the neighborhood

During the last two days I've been getting a hang of the city. So far I've figured out where the mall is (WOOT!). Took me forever to get my car registered down here. Apparently you have to pay personal property tax on cars so I had to go to the Assessor's Office to get a waiver since I didn't need to pay them this year. Then I also needed to get a safety inspection. Found out that one of my tires was pretty much falling apart and a lens cover was cracked. $175 later, I got my approval and then went to the licensing place to get my new plates. Glad to have that over with.
The only thing I really have left to do is get my insurance set up. My renters insurance is all set up. Just waiting for them to transfer my auto insurance over. Would've had it done today but they were having some issues so they're going to call when that's all ready.

I wish all of the stuff in my room would just put itself away and a map of the city would just imprint into my head (and a job would magically fall out of the sky!!!). That would make everything so much less stressful. I just know where the mall is which isn't very much of the city. Eventually Ben is going to take my farther downtown and show me around the campus and stuff. I've only seen it once and I don't remember where anything is.

Okay. Super long blog post. Need to go put some more stuff away. I might post some pictures of the apartment when I get all my stuff organized, but I'm not sure. Later all :)