Keeping up with the Klinglers

As most of you know Kaleb and I recently moved to Hollywood, California so Kaleb could attend school for audio production. Since then, we have had so many crazy awesome experiences! I want to remember all of them and decided that a blog would be the perfect way. That way any family or friends that would like to keep up with us can as well.

Our lease in Draper ended at the end of March, but we couldn't move into our apartment in California until April 3. Friday, March 28 Kevin helped us move all of our big things into Melanie's garage. On Saturday, Kaleb and I went and finished moving out everything else, cleaned our apartment and said our goodbyes. 

On our last trip we barely had any room for me to fit in. It was either leave me behind or squeeze in.... 

We were so tired we just wanted to be done. It definitely wasn't the most comfortable but we made it safely to Melanie's house.

We stayed at her house over the weekend and even got to go to Logan to say goodbye to Todd and Brittany's family. It was so fun being able to spend time with Kaleb's family for a few days. 

Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 am

With our car packed full, with me safely buckled up in the passenger seat, we began our 10 hour drive to California. Luckily we had some nice scenery on the way out of Utah.

After a LONG drive we finally arrived in California! The weather was beautiful! We couldn't wait to be able to get moved in and relax.

We had contacted our apartment manager a few days before and she informed us that she would be home around 5:30 to have us sign the lease and give us our keys. We arrived at 5:00 and waited in anticipation to be able to move in.

Right before 5:30 the manager called us and asked if we had our first month payment. We figured that we could just pay with a personal check but apparently that wouldn't work. We needed to pay with cash or money order. We were new to the area and had no idea were to get a money order. Bank of America wouldn't print one for us because we weren't a member, Walgreen's didn't have them and 7 Eleven down the street wouldn't do them unless we had cash. We finally found a Walmart 6 miles away but since it was rush hour it would take us 30 minutes... 

Around 8:00 we finally had our money order and were on our way back when we got a call from our manager asking us if we were coming back. I was so angry but just explained as nicely as I could that we were on our way.

We got our lease signed, received our keys and went back to our car to start moving everything in. We waited patiently for the elevator but it was taking a very long time! There was a loud buzzing noise and it started to smell like smoke. The elevator doors slowly started to open, and in there was a very frustrated man with his bike. As he turned around to grab his bike the doors started to shut. He immediately tried to pry them open with his hands, struggling to win the battle. Unfortunately he lost and the doors shut rather loudly. Kaleb and I were unsure of what to do. He walked around the garage trying to find the stairs but had no luck. I called the apartment manager to let her know of the situation and she informed me that she would be right down. After the call ended the elevator doors opened and the man and the bike rushed out. Kaleb asked him where the stairs were, he replied, "it's broken" and quickly left. The doors remained open this time but there was more smoke. Seeing all of the smoke made us think twice of using the elevator. The manager arrived and told us we had to go to the front of the building and around to get to the stairs. Luckily we are on the second floor and didn't have many things. 

We were exhausted, hungry and thirsty once we were done. We hadn't eaten dinner and only had one Capri Sun, a few Teddy Grams and Slim Jims left from our trip. Since we already experienced LA traffic we didn't feel like leaving again. We pumped up our air mattress, shared the last of our snacks and fell asleep watching Transformers. 

It's a very small studio apartment but thankfully we don't have many things and won't be here for very long.

It was a crazy day, it took all of our strength, and there were many times that we felt like giving up and going back to Utah. Little did we know the amazing adventures we would have while living here.