Errands

So here's a sneek peek at what our place is going to be like. I grabbed these shots from a website advertising an apartment identical to ours for rent, although our setup is on the right instead of the left. Our kitchen still has to be installed, and its arrival is in fact questionable for before the wedding. At the very least we should have the refrigerator set up by next week at some point. Chechu has put in a huge number of hours over the past couple of weeks to get the apartment cleaned and set up. We're praying that Ángeles will take all of that into account when it comes time to sign the rental contract, because technically all of the work to set up and clean the place is her responsbility. It's been a frustrating experience dealing with her at times, because unless you stay on her, she'll put things off until the last possible minute.

Today has been another long day, and it's still not over yet. This morning I was busy doing transcriptions and other tasks here at the office, as well as making phone calls for different things we'll need for the wedding. Right now we're in the process of finding a red carpet for the ceremony, since the hotel does not have one nor are they willing to supply it. :P I think we have a pretty good idea of where we're going to get the carpet from, which will only cost us around 70 euro as opposed to 140 to rent it. Aside from that we also have to pick up other accessories to finish packaging the favors that we'll give out at the reception. I guess that'll be this weekend's project, between finishing up the house and other stuff.

Today Chechu and I had lunch at the Centro Comercial in Roquetas, and afterwards we went to Eroski to look at kitchen appliances. We picked up the major stuff- microwave, coffee maker, mixer, sandwich maker, extra pillows for our bed and a shower curtain. We had just enough time to buy the stuff and drop it off at the apartment before I had to be back here at the office. I have about an hour or so left to be here before heading down to the church for bible study.

Y mañana más... I think we're going to try to make it to the Hong Kong Warehouse to buy the rest of the items we'll need for the house, since it's SOO incredibly cheap there. We're talking less-than-Walmart cheap, and that's a big deal. Ángeles has given us some things to help furnish the house, but a lot of it just doesn't go with our style. I definitely want this house to be a home for us, where we'll be comfortable and feel like the place is really ours. I'm enjoying the time we have to buy our own stuff for the apartment, but it kind of sucks that there's so much rushing around in the midst of it all.

Josh is coming in on Friday, to make it in time for our despedida de solteros, which should definitely be an unforgettable experience. Friday is a national holiday here anyway, so I'm sure that before the party we'll be working hard at the apartment, getting more things together.

True to form, I've had no time to work out today. Considering that the gavilla probably won't be over until at least 11, it'll be close to midnight before I get back to the house, and very safe to assume that I'll have 0 ganas to do anything but fall in the bed. I suppose that if I want the numbers on the scale to change between now and Monday, I'll have to go that extra mile though. We'll see what happens!