Arrived!

I made it to California!  My parents and I took an 8:30am flight this morning and arrived in San Francisco at 10:30am PST.  We got our luggage and made our way onto the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) to get to my new apartment.  It's a very convenient train ride directly from the airport that ends up around 10 minutes from my apartment.  It's also quite affordable, as it only costs $10 one way for the 1 hour 10 minute ride.  When we got off the train, we were surprised to find out that it was about 95 degrees!  We were therefore pretty sweaty by the team we walked to my apartment ...

When we opened the door I was quite surprised and pleased.  It is much nicer than the pictures showed, with hardwood floors in the living/dining room area, a skylight above the stairs to the bedrooms, and nice/new appliances.  My roommate is currently in Europe with Shell right now, so I will have the whole place to myself for a couple of weeks.  We basically just took a look around and put our stuff down, and my dad and I went to go pick up my car.  I drove my roommate's car and my dad drove my car on the way back.

For now, we are checked into a Holiday Inn Express until my stuff arrives on Sunday.  We will basically just be doing basic errands the next few days, while possibly exploring the area a bit as well.  I need to get groceries, apply for a California driver's license/registration, amongst other little things like finding where the bank is and paying for my rent.  I will do my best to keep everyone updated!  Prayers would be appreciated too, as I'm starting to feel the weight of being here and can feel myself getting kind of overwhelmed.