Life in Rainbow Land

Foggy Bridge Picture.


Picture of the Bridge from the beach right below our apt.


Living in San Francisco will be like living in no other city. I've never felt so little in a city. Its so huge, fast paced, inconvenient, and expensive! I truly feel like im living in a foreign city. I've always thought that i lived in a big city, aka Vegas, even though i didnt live directly in the city. Now i see that i was wrong! In Vegas i didnt have to deal with driving in a mega downtown, a lot of one way streets, no left turns on certain streets during certain times of the day, no parking period in some areas on certain times and days, a million different colored meters indicating max minute parking intervals, street lights on the sides of the road, parking garages costing a minimum of $10 an hour and even up to $25, and driving like you are on a roller coaster. Its pretty crazy driving here. So i plan on just driving to the outskirts of the city and then just walk in or bus in. I feel like avoiding driving downtown completely will help me avoid an accident and losing my sanity. I like to escape up north, just over the Golden Gate Bridge. I love to see the bridge anyway and i dont have to deal with the parking issue of downtown. Plus you get the most beautiful view of the city when your driving back over the bridge. Another thing that i will not get used to is the fact that gas stations (1 pump station) and 7-11's are in high rise buildings where you cant just park and run inside!

But I do love the hustle and bustle feeling in a city.
It makes me feel like im living another persons life (im not sure if that makes sense). I need to be more brave and go into town and just experience everything. Luckily a lot of stuff is free and my ward and the school has a website dedicated to showing how much there is to do around the city and for free or really cheap. It would be nice to not do everything alone though. I actually was lucky to meet some really great girls already. In Taylor's class there are 5 married LDS families and 4 of us have kids. Its really nice to know other people who are in the same situation as we are. Only problem is 2 of them are literally having babies as we speak and so that puts them out of commission for a couple of months and one has a full time job! So i"ll have to be brave just the next couple of months and venture out.

The Presidio is really beautiful. We live right up the hill from Baker beach from which you can see the Golden Gate Bridge. Its really crazy that i live that close to a beach and im pretty sure i will never live this close again! There are a million parks, museums, monuments, and old base buildings throughout the Presidio. Its so big and very easy to get lost. I just found out the other day that even George Lucas has his studio here in the Presidio! Taylor and I will definitely need to go and check that out! In the Presidio there is a wide range class of homes. From huge beautiful homes to ugly apartments like i live in. From the outside our place really looks terrible, but when you get inside its actually pretty nice. Old wood floors, nice spacious rooms, high ceilings and there are a lot of young couples that live within walking distance of us. Bad things include: thin walls, no carpet, one small bathroom, creaky floors (of course right by Daphne's bedroom) and a loud tidal wave siren drill that goes on every tuesday at 12. But all in all i really like it here. Here feels like home!

My Family room view from walking through the front door.


Family Room view #2


My Kitchen with its 70's cabinets.


Our Dining area.


Our ridiculously small bathroom.


Our Bedroom.


Our Bedroom view #2.


Daphne's bedroom. I will be doing some more decorating in her room. I'll post those when im done!