Ben Folds and New Adventures

These next two weeks will be filled with change as Ryan and I move not only to a new apartment, but to a new city and heck, county as well. We hadn't planned on moving to Bloomington, but after running around everywhere else and knocking apartment after apartment off the list, there was only one left standing. We will be moving from a sketchy, studio apartment to a two bedroom that backs up to a park. I don't think Ryan or I ever thought we would find a place we liked this much. Below is our floorplan:

And here is a link to the apartment website: Parkview Apartments

We move Oct 1st, or so we hope. We haven't figured out particulars yet. AND, Ryan will be on a work trip to middle of nowhere Wyoming this weekend, so guess who gets to organize a bunch of stuff the weekend before the move. Yeah.... although he gets Thursday and Friday off that week to do the heavy lifting, so it evens out. We also have to scrub our current apartment clean which shouldn't be that hard, considering how little space we have. :)

So it was nice to take a break from thinking about moving to see Ben Folds with the Minnesota orchestra this Saturday! To put it simply, it was amazing. The orchestra was beautiful, and Ben Folds was in true form, even making fun of his gig on the Sing Off by using giant hand gestures and making his voice hit ranges he rarely hits. After the orchestra left he stayed on stage and sang two more songs, even doing a sing along with the audience while running around and playing the instruments left on stage. He did not play "The Luckiest" but it wasn't really missed. He seemed to be trying to hit every song he could cram in, even playing "Brick", one of his more depressing songs. Overall it was a great night, and it got a younger crowd into the orchestra hall, which I hope helps fill more seats over there because they really are a great orchestra. As Ben Folds said, "I've been all around the world but this orchestra is one of the best, you guys are so lucky."

I felt lucky. And I still feel lucky to have the opportunities I have, and I know Ryan feels the same. Feeling lucky over here in the great white north, where fall is attempting to make it's way into our weather, signaling the start of a new season. Until next time, keep calm, carry on.