I like it here

So now that Holly, Luke & I have pretty much settled into our apartment (not 100%, though), we're able to get out and about more. I've begun making regular trips to the UWM campus to practice my horn, meet professors, & get a few logistical things taken care of. Holly and I both have taken a couple walks around the village of Shorewood, and also have driven to several different locations for things. I've concluded that I really like it here. Everyone said that the town of Shorewood is a very nice place to live...and they were right! Even south of Shorewood, where Milwaukee city limits start is nice. The UWM campus is just south of Shorewood, and it's a very nice campus, too. I already feel comfortable here, which is quicker than I felt comfortable when we moved to the Sunnyside area in Washington state. I guess I've always wanted to live in the city, or at least in the sub-urbs, my whole life. I grew up in a neighborhood near a 20,000-something population city, which was also comfortable, but just not very big feeling. Things were still far away. Now, everything we need seems so close, one thing that's great about living in the city.

So yeah, it's great here. That's what it all boils down to, and I'm sure we're going to enjoy it here for however long we live here.

So on this day, the eve of our anniversary, we didn't do a whole lot. We did take a long walk around Shorewood, mainly to check out what the grocery stores around here were like. There's one really nice little one close to us, but you can tell it's a little more of a higher-end grocery store. The citizens of Shorewood mostly are pretty well off, and don't mind paying a little more for good quality. This store, called Sendik's, didn't have pre-packaged meat in the meat department. Everything was behind a display case for you to pick your own amounts. There was also an elaborate bakery selection, complete with many extremely delicious but fattening and expensive selections.

There was also this store called Pick'N'Save that can be compared to an Albertson's back in Washington state, but is better, I think. We bought some amazing grapes there, lemme tell ya. Also, outside of Shorewood but nearby our house is another grocery store called Piggly Wiggly...no foolin'. They we're a little low-end, but had some good prices of fresh meat.

So that's basically our day. I got to the campus to practice twice. Luke's becoming even more interactive, and quite talkative. The weather's been comfortable here. I'm tired.

Take care and value music.