Moving In...

Yay!!! We have an apartment!!!

Granted, We had to rush back to the Cold Rock and pack up our things after work. Our new landlord, Charlie, was driving to Bangkok tonight. We wanted to move in before he left, otherwise, we would have to wait another day or two to move. Ooie looked pretty busy at work. She would have been the one to drive us and all our stuff over to the apartment with her truck, but Charlie had no problem picking us up.

Brian followed on the motorbike.

Charlie helped carry everything upstairs. I was thankful for this fact because that would have been another trip up and down!

After the chatting ended upstairs... seems every expat loves to talk your ear off... we followed Charlie back downstairs to get a copy of the "contract." Charlie isn't big on paper work or legal agreements. This fact gives us the liberty to move whenever we want with no penalty, though we wouldn't without proper notice to Charlie. It isn't like being locked into a lease back in the States. More of a precaution in-case the government asks for documentation from Charlie about us. Technically, he is suppose to file something on-line. He is just going to play dumb if they ask. This is something alot of farang (foreigners) do.

He also asked us to say we were paying more in rent if the other tenants asked. Charlie has a soft spot for teachers and lowered our rent. I heart Charlie :)

Since we were downstairs, we went to eat and grab some essentials from the corner store.

Unpacking and putting everything away is a heavenly feeling.