So I am trying very hard to have a positive attitude about our move to New Jersey but it has been difficult considering the unfortunate circumstances that seem never ending since we have arrived...
Upon arrival we had a few quirks with our apartment where I was unable to use our stove for a whole week (this was not neccesarily a bad thing for me but Matt was sure missing it) then our refrigerator broke and we had to ice everything down.
We also have not been recieving our mail and therefore have not been getting our student loans that we need for bills and FOOD!! (Don't worry though crisis averted)
The mail we did recieve though (which led to our visit from the police) was a huge home theatre system. My first thought was sweet we can return it and I can get one nice IPOD. But the more we looked into it the more we realized we had become victims of identity theft. Apparenty one of our kindly neighbors got a hold of our credit card number and ordered a $700 suround sound system. They sent it to their address but the office recognized my name and sent it up to our apartment. A very nice police officer came and took all the information and they are going to put a detective on the case. Kind of exciting that I get to help solve this mystery but unbelievable the things people do.
We are getting to know our ward and the other members in the area. It is a huge change from our large cozy ward in Virginia. The ward is really friendly but is a lot older and there and no other student families. Also the ward building is 30 minutes away and the chapel was only half full. So instead of having to leave home 30 minutes before church to get a seat we now leave 30 minutes early to get there in time.
On the bright side I do like the apartment it has two very huge bathrooms with a huge tub in our master bedroom. It also has a balcony with two storage closets on it and two very nice sized walk in closets. Our veiw from our balcony faces a forest so we have lovely scenery. We also do have a lot of privacy (oh except for people steal our credit cards).
I will have to post pictures.
I also found a very shady running trail not far from our apartment.
Trying not to be a Negative Nelly we are all safe and continually counting our blessings.
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6 years ago
7 comments:
I am so sorry that happened to you guys. I hope the cops arrest them and send them to the big house for a long time. Can't wait to come visit you guys. I hope you have some better luck this coming week.
Wow nothing says welcome to the neighborhood better than a good case of identity theft! Hopefully other than that things are going great! I need to call you back. My phone died the other day when I was talking to you. Sorry! Talk to you soon!
Yikes!! I hope all is going better!! I can't wait to see pictures!!
Were in Jersey are you? Jersey City? Sorry you're having a rough time of it! We'll be in NY soon if you want to get together sometime.
Oh my goodness! It's a sign....you have to come back. It's just not the same without you!!! I am so praying Matt gets a clerkship out here! If all else fail, I hope you are still planning on an annual trip to OBX over Memorial Day!
Just seeing the pics of New York and hearing you talk about it is giving me the itch to come visit. That really sucks about your crumy neighbors. We miss you guys.
P.S.
I was just telling someone today about how when we lived in Philly you could drive 30 mins and still be in our ward boundaries. Crazy I know. Sounds similar to your stiuation. We had to drive about 20 mins to get to our building. D.C. is definatly an exception to mormons on the east coast.
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