Firsts

I finally got offered drugs. I felt like this was a pivotal life event that every person had experienced except for me. We were on our way to hear Katy and Kenny Hutson play, found ourselves pretty lost, and got motioned over by a couple of guys who asked if we we "wanted some of that bud". We didn't. (don't worry)

Also, we're getting our bikes beautified at the alpine shop so that soon we'll have calves of steel.

We visited Old Orchard church this morning. It was cool, and they gave us taco salad afterward. Yummmmy.

We also visited Culver's for lunch on Friday. SO good. And the frozen custard. SO good. I was full the rest of the day.

For those of you concerned about Rufus behaving himself, the Gentle Leader has worked wonders. Also, he has stopped being as growly, and made several friends this week.

Robert starts class on Thursday! More updates to come on that.

we made it!

We made it to St Louis just fine. Several great RUF/seminary friends helped us unload, so things got loaded into the house really quickly! Now it's pretty much unpacked...just not nested-in yet.
As far as jobs, things worked out well with all that too. Robert transferred to Starbucks here in the mall (where I work at Apple), so we can continue being mall-daters. I also am working part time at a local outdoors outfitter called the Alpine Shop. Had my first day today, and it went fine - it's just working a register, which isn't too hard to handle. Hopefully this means we can get some cool bikes. Also, I'm super excited cause I got a job with TOMS shoes (www.tomsshoes.com) - I go around to the stores in the St Lou area, check in with them and make sure they're getting what they need, and helping them with events, etc. Obviously, I love shoes, so this is an exciting prospect. Also, with this job, I can justify getting an iPhone.
Here's a brief rundown on everything else:

HOUSE: much better now that I've bleached the bathroom. I'm usually anti-harsh chemicals, but a bathroom is something that better have all traces of previous owners erased from it. Things are getting put away and organized. Hopefully we can get some pics up sometime. Rufus loves being inside, so that's pretty fun, or pretty annoying when he's being a brat.

COFFEE/FOOD: found a few good places. One's walking distance from our house, which is nice...I'm at a place called Kayak's right now, but I'm enjoying a Fitz's instead of coffee. (this great soda company here). Robert and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary by going to this AMAZING place called The Chocolate Bar. If you come visit us, we'll find an excuse to go there again.

FRIENDS: So fun to live 2 doors down from Jason and Megan (who Robert went to school with). Also, there's a lot of others that live close by who we just haven't seen yet, or have had mixed up schedules. We already miss you Nashville friends :( We want you to come visit us!!!

I'm getting tired of typing, so that's it for now. More to come as we explore the city!