Hey 'yall.
I'm in Vegas right now and I love it. This place seems to have about twice the space of my old place. We have an extra bedroom, a walk-in closet, another room, another bathroom, a bigger kitchen and a fireplace. All this for about $250 LESS than I was paying in California.
Las Vegas has a interesting feel about it. With the exception of the Strip, most of the people here aren't 'made up' as much. eg. Not as much makeup, more casual dress and the like. That's fine with me. I like casual. It's a bit sureal to look and see the Strip from near out place. My place faces away from the Strip but once I get on the road I can see many of the hotels. They surrounding area is very nice. Nearly anything that I would want in my day to day life is around me. I'm within easy walking distance to groceries stores, martial arts schools, bookstores, restaurants and the like. Of course there's a casino next to me. While I don't gamble ($20.00 is my limit) it's nice to go and get a $5.99 all you can eat buffet. That should keep grocery bills down.
So the move over here was very tiring. My boyfriend and I had to move heavy boxes full of books, sofas and other heavy items. Then we have to unload it and my body hurts very badly. I feel like I felt when I was doing Krav. I can touch the back of my neck and feel a circular wave of pain. I'm just mainly very sore and if I stay somewhat still than I'm ok. =) My poor boyfriend had a cold so I'm sure it was more rough on him. He had to leave before me so he could get the keys to the place. So I cleaned out the place, took pictures just in case the landlord decides to be a jerk and claim "Massive damage". So I packed up the truck and moved to Summerly... Summerlin that is. Gambling centers... and movie stars.
The super scary part was around Fontana. There were high winds in the area and I saw about 8 overturned Semi trucks. I had to pull over because the winds were pounding the truck. I stayed at the side of the road for about 20 minutes and the winds were still pounding the truck. Finally I thought: “I don’t want to be here all day” so I got back on the freeway and drove at about 20 miles a hour. I got behind a semi truck that was going really slow and I was happy about that. It took about 20 minutes and it was about the most scared I’ve been in a long time. Imagine being in a huge moving van with winds forcibly moving your van, having to drive with the steering wheel pointed at a weird angle and being on bridges with a 100 foot drop. But I made it. =)
Well… let me finish this. We need to get some stuff out of our other storage unit that’s here and that area is about 20 miles away from us. (When I picked it, I had no idea where we would eventually live so it was about as good as any other place. It was the cheapest so I picked it). However we want to go soon because that area (The cheapest) is where the Homeless set up tents to sleep thoughout the night. I should leave soon. I'll write again when I get more set up.
Hugs,
Jen