Annoyed

Our air conditioner is broken AGAIN.

How annoying. It's about 85 degrees in our apartment and it's making me cranky and sweaty. The repair was supposed to be here 45 minutes ago...I'm hoping he can fix it ASAP rather than having to order parts. Then we'd have to wait. AGAIN.

I swear, we've had the worst luck ever since moving into this place.

Tomorrow we're off to my parents house for Steve's 36th birthday dinner...steak and potatoes. I'm looking forward to it!

New place, new problems

Our move didn't go as smoothly as we'd hoped. 

I'd dare to say that it was, possibly, one of the worst moves I've experienced. (And I've experienced MANY.) Mostly, it's our fault. We picked an apartment with too many stairs. It's difficult to get big loads of furniture/boxes/groceries/strollers/whatever up and down. Then we discovered upon move-in that the air conditioner was broken. The carpets were still dirty and stained from the previous residents. The ceiling fan jiggled. One of the shower heads leaked. A screen door was off its hinges. *Sigh* Fortunately, the apartment staff is great and they were quick to get everything fixed. The carpets are being re-cleaned as I write this. Things are looking up. 

We did the last of our unpacking yesterday (minus a few book boxes) and hung up some pictures on the way. This place is actually starting to feel like home. :)

As for Rylan, she's doing great. She loves having her own room, (which won't be exclusively hers for much longer!) but it's really more of a playroom than a bedroom. She still likes to sleep in the same room as us; I really can't blame her, I prefer having her close anyway.

As for Steve, he's doing great, too. His 36th birthday is coming up on the 28th. 

As for me, my ankle is not so great. (For those who didn't know, I sprained it while walking down some stairs.) It was hideously swollen and painful -- that's pretty much gone away -- and I've got a nice saucer-sized bruise as a souvenir now. 

Guilt + Napping = Decent Blog Post

Alright, so Rylan is napping and I was feeling guilty for not posting a blog longer than a few sentences...

Here's a decent update on our lives thus far:

As mentioned in a previous post, Rylan had a fever a few weeks ago. I think it was due to teething. I took her in to the doctor and there was nothing wrong with her ears/throat/chest/nose. So...although a doctor won't say it, I'll unofficially chalk it up to teething.

Then Steve hurt his knee. We thought it was a sprain, but after a another trip to the doctor and some blood tests, we found out he has gout! (A form of arthritis.) Then he had a severe allergic reaction to the anti-inflammatory pain meds they gave him, so we had to make an emergency trip up to Riverside to our Kaiser Permanente Urgent Care clinic. I got us a little lost -- and by the time we actually walked into the Urgent Care, Steve was thankfully feeling better. So we went home. He's pretty much recovered from this gout attack and has to modify his diet slightly to prevent more attacks.

And also as mentioned previously, we're moving to the new apartment this weekend. We've bought a TON of new furniture -- so we'll post some new pics as soon as everything gets set up. 

Oh, and my morning sickness is pretty much gone now. Yay! Only to be replaced by a suddenly big belly. Where did that come from? :)

Moving!

Sorry for the serious lack of posts, everyone!

We're moving into the new apartment this Saturday, so we'll be offline for a few weeks until we get the internet back up and running. If you need to get to ahold of us -- just give us a ring on the cell -- or try Steve's email, he'll be checking it at work.