Packing Day

Today the professional packers packed the remainder of our apartment. It took the two men only two hours! Considering that it took four packers about eight hours to pack up our house a few months ago (and I had already packed about 20% of it), that shows how leanly we've been living in this apartment. (Or it shows just how much junk we had at the old house and that we've been paying to keep in a storage unit!)

After the packers finished, we took a load of items over to the new house. John had a gleeful time playing in the back yard. This is the (south?) view:
This is the (west?) view of John trying to open the gate to the front yard. Obviously, these short fences are not entirely child-proof so John won't be allowed to play in the back yard unsupervised.
This is the (north?) view:

This photo shows our rear deck and sun room, which adjoins the den and kitchen through separate doors.

While I went to the grocery store, Chris discovered that by walking along the little wooded path through the gate, out our back yard, and past the tennis courts and soccer field, there is a playground about three minutes' walk away! I look forward to exploring that with John myself.

Lastly--a garage rock band was founded today at our rear neighbors' home at the apartment complex. They played their music so loudly all day, it was as if we had a stereo playing inside our apartment. Chris and I just looked at each other and said, "Not our problem!" Looks like a good time to be moving out!