The boulevard is not that bad

April 27

Dear lord it was hot last night! Roomie and I shared the futon in her friend’s studio apartment last night. It rained, but there was a nice breeze. We went to a super cute café in the neighborhood called The Gold Standard for breakfast and hung out for a bit. Roomie and I loved it there and plan to go back a lot more. We ran some errands today which included going to the bank. I walked into the Wells Fargo and let’s just say that Roomie and I stood out. We went and paid for our Relo cube and were comforted by knowing that all our stuff had arrived safely, or at least arrived, we were allowed to look in the actual cube. We drove around the city a little bit and an enormous rain storm hit. It was weird for us because we’re so used to rain when it’s cold, not when it’s like 80 degrees outside. My curly hair did not appreciate it! Speaking of storms, one of the UVA girls sent us a message on Facebook telling us that Tuesday evening after we left the house, there was a tornado warning in Charlottesville so the whole house had to go down to the basement. Part of me was really happy that we missed it, but a smaller part was sad because it would have been cool to hunker down in the basement. Roomie and I are still amazed at our good luck at missing all the scary weather throughout the whole trip!

After our errands, we went back to The Gold Standard and researched apartments and jobs. Later tonight we’re going to a poker game at a friend’s house to meet new people. I’m getting a little more comfortable in the city, but it’s still a little overwhelming. Hooray for new places!