5:3o am (3:30 am Utah/Idaho time)- Arrived at JFK after a decent red eye flight... very little sleep however, due to the rather large and snoring man by Todd and the whimpering Gus next to Ashleigh.
6:00 am- Paid for a cart to carry our luggage. Took Gus to the "Pet Relief Area"... watched four dogs come and "Go" and left after Gus did nothing.
6:30 am- Boarded the AirTrain (after Ashleigh finally asked for directions)to go and get a rental car.
6:45 am- Gus finally relieved himself and we headed to NYC in the rental car.
7:00 am- Missed an exit and had to back track.
7:15 am- Ashleigh saw the NYC skyline for the fist time.
7:30 am- Found an H&M store (three stories high) and Banana Republic... oh and Broadway all close together... what more do I need?
7:45 am- Paid $5 for a toll we didn't need to pay for because our rental car had a fast pass inside.
8:00 am- Found a possible apartment in Union City. Fairly nice apartment building but the city... well... everything was in Spanish, which would be fine if I had learned anything from my three years of Spanish class.
8:30 am- Ate McDonald's for breakfast and took a nap inside the car.
10:45 am- Woke up feeling not very refreshed. Drove to Jersey City to look at another possible apartment. Looked ok from the outside.
11:30 am- Decided to go for a walk in a park, got cold, went back into the car and took fell asleep.
1:00 pm- Ate lunch at Pizza Hut and drove to the realtor's office. Saw a woman come out of a tattoo place with skin tight gold pants... "Gus, I have a feeling we're not in Idaho anymore. We must be over the rainbow."
2:15 pm- Met the realtor at the Jersey City apartment along with two other men. Waited 15minutes till we got the right key... went up... didn't look to awful... went into the bathroom... EWWWWWWW... I love cleaning but there is no way I would touch that bathroom. Todd and I decided we couldn't do it.
3:00 pm- Got depressed that we still didn't have a place to live... Realtor said if we didn't like that apartment, we wouldn't like the one in Union City (scary thoughts).
3:15 pm- Went back to the realtor's office (side note... the realtor's office was called "American Homes." Now this was ironic because everyone there was from the middles east or egypt), met with a different realtor, Sam, who was the biggest salesman ever (big not as in fat)
3:30 pm- Sam took us to a different apartment that was sooooo nice; although the hall is a little scary and smells like cat pee. We were sold and went back to the office to fill out paperwork.
4:15 pm- Drove around to find a Chase Bank/ATM to get a deposit. Bank and ATM were closed... no deposit... no place to sleep.
4:30 pm- Decided to fill out paperwork; we would move in on Monday. Todd ended up taking the day of so Ashleigh wouldn't have to move and go shopping all by herself (thanks honey).
5:30 pm- Decided to keep the rental car for another day, decided we would sleep in it.
5:45 pm- Drove to Kearny (the place we were originally going to live) to meet up with our helpful friends Claire and Joe.
6:30 pm- Arrived just in time. Met Claire and Joe and Brother and Sister Hibbert. We had a great time, visited, felt like real people, and ate pizza... again... but it was GOOD!
7:15 pm- Got asked where we were staying the night... said maybe our car... Elder and Sister Hibbert said we could stay with them!!
8:00 pm- Thanked Claire and Joe for everything and headed to Lake something something to sleep.
8:30 pm- Arrived and got ready for bed.
10:00 pm- Fell asleep on the best hide-a-way bed ever! Sweet Dreams!!
p.s. it rained the entire day!
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