We moved into our apartment in West Hollywood yesterday morning, and it was everything and more that I'd dreamed of. It is in a wonderful, safe area in L.A., the apartment is cozy and beautiful, and the balcony view is spectacular! Not to mention that we are close to tons of cool stores and things to do.
The day was a flurry of activity on top of Jack waking up with a temperature that would fluctuate up to 105 degrees!
We arrived and the furniture guys had already gained admittance to our apartment from the maintainence guy and were bringing our furniture in. Right after they left, the cable guy showed up to install our phone, wireless internet, and of course, cable TV to the tune of $129 per month!
While the cable guy was here, I grabbed the maintenance guy and had him light the pilot light for our gas fireplace, and fix the door bell so it would ring and fix the kids bathroom door so it would close and stay closed.
We'd skipped breakfast trying to get to the apartment before the moving guys came, and ate left over cold pizza from the night before to keep our blood sugars up. By 5 pm we were settled in, unpacked, and starving.
I had no idea where to buy groceries in a big city because you don't see grocery stores sitting in little shopping centers like you do in Tennessee. All you see are store fronts in tall buildings. I figured I would have to shop in a little grocery store on a street corner or hit the Farmer's Market.
On my way out, I asked a guy by the elevator where the closest grocery store was.
"Just go to the corner, turn left and you'll see Ralph's Grocery store two blocks down Wilshire ave on your left". He said.
Ralphs? I thought. Sheesh, sounds like a small grocery store.
"Is it a decent sized store?" I asked.
He looked at me like I'd come from another planet. "It's Ralph's!" He said. And it came across as, "Duh! It's Ralph's!!
So I drove down Wilshire and saw Ralph's on my left. I turned left, following the cars in front of me and entered a double level garage. I parked and followed the other people, entered an elevator, went up one floor and walked into one of the largest grocery stores I'd ever been in!
Reminiscent of Publix Grocery store, they had tons of regular and exotic foods, a huge produce area, wine, beer and alcohol, a coffee shop, a huge bakery, and an even larger meat section with a butcher who'd cut meat for you.
I was in the store for a couple of hours and spent $380! Remember I had to buy everything!! Condiments, spices, staples, a laundry basket, kitchen implements etc. I loved the store!
Driving home, I came down our street which has two apartment complexes, each one having two entrances to locked garages. You have to push a button to open the iron gate and enter the garage.
It was dark, so I drove up to the gate and tried clicking my garage opener so the gate would raise and let me in. Nothing! It didn't move. I thought that maybe it was broken.
Then, luckily a car was coming out. I waited for the gate to raise and the car to exit, and then started up the ramp quickly to beat the gate shutting. I was almost to the gate when I realized the garage didn't look familiar.
I braked and let the gate shut.
It was a good thing I did, because it was the garage to the building next door and I'd have been trapped in there until someone else opened the gate. My ice cream and cold stuff would have 'bit the dust'.
I finally made it home with the food and we were too tired from all of the traveling, sight-seeing, and moving things to cook the Rib Eyes I'd gotten for mom's birthday - which was yesterday too. It was also the day that marked my dad's passing a year ago. So, mom ate cereal and I ate tuna fish on Ritz crackers, and potato chips with onion dip. We hit the bed early.
Jack slept with me last night because I wanted to keep a check on his fever. I woke up at 3am and he was still pretty hot. I gave him some children's Motrin and we went back to sleep. He woke up fever-free this morning.
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