Here the day await

Day 2: November 14^th

So we got up, and realized the Indians weren’t around anymore and may be “Bye bye to them” good ridden. So Jon and I chilled and enjoyed the place for ourselves and watched TV and I had to spray sanitizer inside the whole apartment; because of the wrecked smell. [Sorry I’m not a racist, but the smell is just awful]

We were up early, and Jon’s plan was to go at the housing office and double check if they take traveler’s check. So we just lounging around then, I opened the window and played with the snow and enjoyed the crisp air. Then I saw an incoming group of Indians, heading towards the apartment again; then I yelp “The Indians are coming back” so we rushed and unlocked the door again and went straight to our room. It was as if a zombie was arriving that we were that scared, haha! It was funny, we were telling ourselves; we should have taken a bath already [all the regrets] so stayed in our room and waited and there was a knock on the door, and the Indian called Jon outside and told him they were leaving and said Thank you and shook hands.

ALAS! We got the apartment to us, so I decided to take a bath and Jon went to the housing and inquired, so I enjoyed my bath and took a chance on the warmth of the water. After taking a bath, Jon went afterwards after preparing and all we went back to the River Run Village where the HR office was and waited for Jon’s mom. We took the free shuttle being comfortable; we watched the sceneries in a cold crisp morning of Colorado Mountains.

The shuttle trip was only 10mins away, we brought with us our laptop (and I semi regretted bringing it, it was Jon’s idea to bring it because there was free WiFi at the HR office) So when we arrived, it was early and we went around the River Run Village and took the opportunity to take pictures (The whole time it was so damn cold, my legs were shaking because of coldness and so is my cheeks, hands and ear) You wouldn’t imagine how cold it was BRR… We settled down in a fire pit, a fake one but it had some heat and the boarders and skiers stayed there to keep them warm. I can’t imagine how cold it can be more in those slopes.

When Jon’s mom arrived we said, finally! And it was almost 1:30 and we arrived at the river run at around 10 or 11… and can I just say CRAP? Because we didn’t even eat, all we did was wait… Well I was able to withdraw some money and took the chance in getting; it felt weird because the ATM was not like how I thought it was. So Jon told me I had to take it out. “Sorry naman”

Continuing… Jon’s mom was able to find his 2019 form, and Yey, finally he will be able to settle down and so will I be. Triple GREAT, after doing his papers we then left for the housing and Jon’s mom hasn’t eaten and so did us. What happened next was: we went to the housing and signed and finalize the papers, paid Jon’s mom back; afterwards we got our keys and took our things from the temporary housing and brought our stuffs in our new apartment, Jon’s mom seemed unhappy with our new apartment and I was just satisfied because finally we’ll be able to settle down. Since Jon’s mom shuttle trip was at 3:45 she wasn’t able to eat anymore and Jon accompanied her to the shuttle going to river run while I was left behind, I slowly unpacked my stuffs, pulled out the beddings I brought with me from the Philippines and was just so happy- except for the thought of not having pillows and the bed was cool and the room didn’t have a heater. The room was much much colder, compared to the warm temporary room we stayed.

After settling all my stuffs, I was able to relax and then Jon arrived and he felt sad and wanted to go home he mentioned and I was like: “your just not used to this life, you’ll get over it” Mind over matter, as how others put it. Then I told him, I’m going to take a nap, alright, I’m so tired that I realized I left my toiletries in the temp house huhu L got lazy to get it and decided to get it the next day; and I left him cleaning and settling down his stuffs, I crashed… and literally slept and woke up at around 8ish, I slept at 4ish because it was dark outside already. So woke up, ate fruits and drank water and vitamins, peed and saw our neighbor which was an “Indian” again, no offense. –my initial reaction was too just wave at him because I was that groggy and decided to sleep again.

What a day, I prayed before I slept and took out the book and took a quiet time: to Thank the Lord God for taking care of us.

And tomorrow is Sunday and it’s supposed to be a church day… but we don’t even know where the church is: Tomorrow is adventure day.