First Week of Our New Adventure

We arrived Sunday evening after flying from STL to BWI hours before Hurricane Sandy hit the Eastern coast. The turbulence was pretty bad and rain in Baltimore had us wondering if we would be delayed and/or stuck there. Hundreds of flights were already canceled at that point. Surprisingly, nothing from Sandy hit the Lowcountry.

On Wednesday, All Hallows Eve, Rita Jo co-hosted a Development Fair for the entire Boeing South Carolina (BSC) site; she shared her new employee development program with approximately 1,500 BSC employees. That evening, our newly engaged friends, Sarah and Trey, had us over for beer and chili (made by Sarah) from Southern Tier brewery. Trey had two growlers, one of pumpkin and Chokolat beer mixed (delicious!) and one of just pumpkin. A few trick-or-treaters came by, two of them being in their late teens and coming by at 9:30pm. Strange. We discussed their upcoming wedding plans and, of course with RJ, work-related topics.

Thursday was All Saints Day, a day when the Church recognizes, remembers and honors the holy men and women that have gone before us that have been canonized saints. The Mass, celebrated by Msgr Brovey at St John the Baptist Cathedral in downtown Charleston, was beautiful with an incredible schola (choir) and homily on how we should model our lives after the lives of the saints. After Mass, we had dinner at Tsunami Sushi on East Bay with a few friends for $1 Blue Moon night.

Friday, All Souls Day, we worked late unfortunately. We hung out at the hotel and Jo did some homework for her class while I began this blog. We had some 'za delivered and went to bed early. Eternal rest, grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Saturday was our first house hunting trip. Our realtor picked us up at the hotel and took us to Daniel Island, Mount Pleasant and downtown Charleston. We saw some beautiful condos/townhouses but nothing really felt like the place we want. It's hard to find a place like we have in STL with the size and space for the low cost! We came back to the hotel to relax for a bit before heading back downtown for a glass of Malbec and some Nevat cheese from Spain at Bin 152 at the corner of King and Queen Sts.

Bin 152

For dinner, we met our friends Grace and Hannah at Mercato, an Italian restaurant on Market St. A live Jazz band played as we enjoyed homemade pastas...and more vino =) We topped the evening off with some cookies n cream and pumpkin frozen yogurt on King St.

Life is good so far in Charleston. We are so thankful for the opportunity to be here and to be with each other but we miss all of our family and friends!