The Sad and the Happy

Admist the changes, the good things happening in our new lives in Taipei, the excitement and endless sense of new and wonderful places to explore, there are the things that are behind us that still leave a mark.  We found out this week that our car was totaled, by no fault of Adam who was driving, but it means we will have one less way of getting around next summer.  That plus the emotional attachment, yes it's only a piece of metal but we'd just managed to pay off our loan on the car and it took us to lots of places together without ever giving us the worry of a pending breakdown.

Another point of sadness is our cat.  We were ridiculously attached to our cat and we found out that Chris' parents found another home for him last week.  A cat's a cat, yes.  But having lived a life with many changes, our cat had been a wonderful companion.  Moving overseas kind of took us by surprise, and so giving him up only came with the territory.  We held on to him as long as we could but he has hopefully moved on to a home where they will love him and appreciate him as much as we did.  Not without a moment of sadness on mine and Chris' part.  

In other, happier, news we found an apartment!  I know Chris posted about is last week, but we have some pictures.  Now, we've only been in about a week and so it's still pretty bare bones.  We had to buy things like a fridge and a washer - basically, almost everything except a bed, closet, and some built in cabinets in the living room.

We've also found out that the way to pay bills it to go to 7-eleven.  You bring your bill and the money, and they take the stub and money and voila!  You have electricity for another month.  You can do practically anything at 7-11, and they're everywhere!  You also get your garbage bags there.  Chris jokes that soon we'll be able to vote at 7-11.

Anyways, here we are...