Well, we've finally spent our first few days in North Hollywood and the reviews are in. California is great! It's been exhausting and emotional, but I think we're going to pull through here. We're all starting to get settled in the apartment. Boxes are being closed up and slid under beds until the next move. Items are being placed where they will probably sit for a long time without being used (i.e. books and movies). It's starting to feel like home and one big happy family.

Many many things are very different here. Los Angeles is a crazy place. The people drive like maniacs (Mike is adapting well), the women are beautiful (thanks to the latest scientific advances), and the gas is very expensive. I've applied for work at a few places and seem to have gotten some positive feedback. Hopefully, I'll be working at a place called Trader Joe's soon, which is a lot like Whole Foods in Ann Arbor. They sell all the stuff you can't buy at the regular market, and they're apparently in the top twenty shopped stores in LA.

The apartment is great. There's tons of space and the price is right. Billy and I share a room, and Amanda and Mike live across the hall. The neighbors next door sold us a really great table for all three of our computers. Speaking of which, we have internet right now thanks to sort of an accident. We're piggybacking on another tenants wireless connection. It happened today when I turned my wireless card on. So, we have a cable modem and cable TV without paying for either. What a country. :) And just so nobody gets crazy, yes, we will be paying for our own connection. (Only because Mike's computer won't hook up.)

There's so much I'd love to tell everyone, but tonight is another night spent settling in. All I can say is this. It was worth it.

Here's a picture we took for free at a photobooth in the Chinese theatre. More on that tomorrow.