Likes and Dislikes of Living in a New Place

I LIKE that I have a front and back door. Also that my back door opens into a little yard that I can plant flowers in.

I DISLIKE the thin walls seperating me from my neighbor to the East.

I LIKE having a basement to store stuff in.

I DISLIKE my neighbor waking me up at 9am on a Sunday morning with music blaring through the above mentioned thin walls. If it was a good song it might have been tolerable ....

I LIKE that Anthony has friends already. They've been out on their scooters in the parking lot almost since we got here on Friday night.

I DISLIKE that my neighbors yell at their children. Alot. They have 3 kids under 5, and when the baby is crying you need to get up and go look at her, instead of yelling at your wife to go look at her, and then your wife yelling at her for crying.

I LIKE my neighbors to the west. They are an egyptian couple, and the sweetest people you would ever have a chance to meet. I know this from one conversation, but already I know that we will be good friends.

I LIKE my big windows in the kitchen. They face south, and the light that comes in those windows is amazing!

I LIKE that I can go to sleep like I've been here forever, and I don't hear the trains rolling by at 3:30am. Andy apparently has heard them the last 2 nights ... He can't believe I haven't.

I LIKE that we are still close enough to go back to the old place to visit. We're going to drop the kids there in the morning, my Mom will make sure they get off to school ok, and then we'll pick them up on the way home from work.

So far my likes outweigh my dislikes ... I hope that continues !!