Day 2 - Home Sweet Home

Wow. Where do I even begin? Day 2 was a whirlwind...

Jenn and I woke up leisurely on Tuesday seeing that I wasn't meeting my new landlord to move into my new place until 11am. At about 10:30, we loaded up her car (my soon-to-be new car: 2000 Chevy Blazer - to my TMG peeps: I'm finally driving a GM car) with all my bags, and got into the car to head over to my new place. I was SO excited to finally get to see my apartment, having only seen pictures at that point. Jenn went to go start the car and...nothing...the key wouldn't turn. Apparently the ignition was stuck. Siiiiigh. I tried to be patient (a virtue I'm learning is extremely key while living on an island), and we fiddled with the key - each taking turns - for about a half hour. Useless. Okay, new plan...

I called my landlord, explained the situation, and we went back inside her place to regroup. And that's when it hit me. Just a few days before I left for the island, I signed a contract with At&t and decided to sign up for the roadside assistance (not like me AT ALL), and so we decided to call a tow truck and I'd rent a car for a few days. Seems easy, right? Apparently not. Nothing, and I mean, nothing on this island is easy. At&t couldn't even find our location, let alone a tow truck company, for about an hour. They called my phone back three times. Then, I called 4 rental car companies before I found a car. Apparently rental car companies on the island don't always have cars to rent. WHAT? Weird... Anyway, the tow truck finally found us, but getting down the mountain to Jenn's house was entirely different ordeal altogether. However, the car got to the shop, I found a rental (Corolla -$50/day), and off we went to meet my landlord....3 1/2 hours after-the-fact.

Once I turned into my new development (Mahogany Run) all the troubles of the day disappeared. It was perfect. The location, the condo, the pools, the restaurant on site, and...the view of the ocean from my bedroom window! Home sweet Home. On a side note: when I was getting a tour of my new apartment, I happened to look down on the shelf in my kitchen and lo and behold, there was....an ESPRESSO machine. I almost cried tears of joy. Seriously.
Afterwards, Jenn and I hit the local restaurant on site, Mahogany Grille. Was awesome. I'll be spending a lot of time there, I'm sure. And we went to go see the golf course...beautiful. I'm determined to pick up golf while I'm here...perhaps I'll meet a nice, wealthy, handsome man that would like to teach me! ;)

Next up: grocery shopping. Woah. Milk: $7 a gallon. That's all I have to say about that...

By 7:30pm, I had had enough of driving around on the wrong side of the road, spending a ridiculous amount of money on peanut butter, bread, and cheese, and so I headed home to my brand new place, watched the Red Wings lose (siigh), and unpacked my suitcases. Oh, and did I mention that my new bed is a "Heavenly Bed"?!?! Love. Love.

Nite.