John and I LOVE living in Brier Creek. It's such an up and coming
area and there is so much around us. So much shopping, restaurants, and
pretty much anything you can think of. I do wish it was closer to
everything else- but we make do. After being 850 miles away from
friends- I think we can spare 30 minutes to drive to see people. haha.
It is a pain for other people to drive out here though :(.
Our apartment is slowly but surely coming together.
Our kitchen is tiny, but I think we finally found a system in there. We still have lots of organizing to do, but we have tried to
control the mess to the guest room. haha. It's a quaint little apartment
and is really perfect for me, John, and Carter. I think Carter loves
living here. I think he misses his dog door, but we try to take him out a
lot. We've already noticed that since it's SO much more quiet here- Carter
gets very excited about little noises and animals outside that he didnt
usually care about. haha.
I'm sure I'm sure I mentioned the space
behind our apartment before- we call it Carter's yard. Its nice to have
the big open space back there. We play lots of frisbee back there. It
gets muddy back there easy- which has been disappointing. I'm hoping
when it warms up, the area will dry out so we dont have to wipe carter
down so much in the future. It takes forever right now! Carter has
become obsessed with frisbee too, so there really is no avoiding the
area right now. He is too cute:D There are also a lot of dogs in the
complex, but unfortunately he hasnt gotten to meet many of them :(.
Maybe he'll make some good buddies soon? We did find a doggie day care
that we need to try out and take him to. It will be good for him.
Our apartment does tend to also get a lot of
spiders. I guess it's because we back up to the woods. I'm surprisingly
not really scared of them anymore. haha. I just kill them and move on
with it. However, one day I was getting ready for work and I saw this
guy waiting for me in the kitchen
He was HUGE. HUGE! it was terrifying.
I started shaking and even after I killed it, I shook for a good hour
afterwards. That darn spider ruined my day too. It was like a bad omen
or something. haha. Luckily he hasnt had any friends come
looking for him. Just small spiders for the most part.
It has been a huge adjustment not having all the
perks of dorm living. Lots and lots of cleaning- haha. Which luckily, I
dont mind at all. I do however, hate cleaning the shower. The tile
grooves are killer to get in! ugh. I miss the cleaning lady back
in Miami. I knew I would and I miss her more than I actually thought.
haha. It's also been an adjustment not having the dininghall too. I LOVE to
cook! So it's been fun planning meals and cooking. However, it gets
tricky having different schedules. When I cook, I usually eat it that night then
and then John has it the next night for dinner. It can be challenging
sometimes. Especially, when he is off one night and I cook a meal for us
then and then I forget he needs food to take with him the next night
too. I'm still working on finding a routine. Hopefully though John
finds a different job soon and we can go to having normal dinners
together.
The area around the complex has also been nice to go
running around. There isnt really anywhere IN the complex to run- but I
run down to the country club and run through that neighborhood. It's
beautiful and it's fun to look at all the big houses. I think Carter
likes it too- lots to smell!
Anyway, Brier Creek has been treating us well. It's
nice being close to family and somewhat close to friends again. I feel very blessed to be here and I'll
miss this area when we do finally buy a house!
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