Feels a tad bit like home.

A couple Fridays ago, Sean and I flew to PA. We had an evening flight since I just had to work that Friday. I can't help it. I love working. We decided to go to Chilis for a quick dinner before we went to the airport.

{A cute bar in Philly's airport}

We arrived in PA a little after midnight so we just checked in and called it a night.

Saturday, we had 5 apartments to view. We woke up pretty early considering the time we went to bed and Sean drove to Dunkin Donuts to pick up breakfast while I got ready.

It was raining hard that day so I knew that looking at apartments wasn’t exactly going to be dry but we made the best of it.

{Excited to view apartments}

The first place we saw was a house for rent. It was nice when you entered. The kitchen just didn’t strike my fancy but I figured I would suck it up since it had a backyard that would be perfect for Izy. But when we went upstairs and saw the bathroom we ended the tour right there. No thank you.

The second place we saw, hmm, let’s just say that they lost our business right away. We get out of our rental. It is pouring. A woman who works there, sees us and says, “apartment 127 is open”. And that’s it, she quickly walks away. Nothing like you can find me here. Here’s my number if you decide you like it, etc. We stared at each other completely baffled. It was a shame because the apartment was gorgeous. Actually my most favorite of them all. But I’m a stickler when it comes to good customer service so that was that.

The 3rd and 4th apartments were OK but the amount of rent they were requesting just did not jive with me. If you’re going to have your rent that high there had better be gold plated toilets. Although the thought of gold plated toilets make me sick.

At this point we decided that it was best to break for lunch. We stopped at Wawas. I never heard of this place before but I loved it. Even more than Subway and if you know me at all you know I love me some Subway. You don't give your order to the person behind the counter. There is a touch screen that you place your order in so it's almost impossible for your order to be messed up. Fancy, fancy. They don’t have seating so Sean and I brought our lunches to the rental and sat at the back to eat our lunch there. It was nice and very romantic, ha.

I was losing hope that we’ll find something but I guess they weren’t kidding when they said, “save the best for last.” The woman who showed us around was amazing. Even if the apartment wasn’t that great we probably would have gone with it. She made us feel like we were home and that’s very important right now. I’m excited for our little apartment.

After there was a good feeling of freedom. By this time it was later in the evening so I’m thinking we got something to eat. I can’t remember where though. This is why it’s so important to bring a camera and use it. I used my phone a bit which is why you're getting phone pictures in this recap. I will not apologize, haha.

After dinner, we went to The Sands. Sean played craps and won $500. I played roulette and won $100. But this isn’t even the beginning of our win. Or should I say Sean’s win. I don’t believe in luck but Sean is all sorts of something.

On Sunday, we had breakfast at a great diner. The food was delicious!

After breakfast, we met up with a woman at Wegmans (courtesy of Amazon of course) who showed us around the area. She was so nice and told us about all the hot spots, restaurants, etc. Since she knew we were dog people she invited us (strangers) to her amazing house to meet her incredible dogs. I wish I took pictures of them but even I know that would be too strange.

After we decided to drive to see our apartment again and check out the area. I loved seeing that we were not in the middle of nowhere. And even more happy to take pictures of my favorite type of tree.

There was a Musikfest (spelled correctly) going on so we decided to check it out. Too bad we went too early because we were later told that all the fun stuff happen in the evening/night. Oh well. We enjoyed looking around with the older folk. Next time we’ll be prepared since we were advised this is an annual thing.

We got lunch and then headed back to the hotel for a power nap.

We went to Emeril’s Burgers & More for dinner and I had the most amazing sandwich. I mean it was INCREDIBLE. I think the best chicken sandwich I’ve ever had. I didn’t take any pictures of it with my DSLR so hopefully this picture will do it some sort of justice. But it doesn’t.

Since we were already at the Sands having dinner we decided to try our hand again at the casino. I was at the Roulette table playing my $20 bucks and was up feeling all proud of myself. Sean went to the bathroom. He says that he saw a slot machine that his mom loves but it was full but then at the corner of his eye he saw a Wizard of Oz slot machine and that is his mom’s favorite movie.

He put his $13.00 in the machine and did the max bet, two times. The second time the machine went crazy and played a happy jingle for 20 minutes. It was at this time that Sean decided to record the moment. He was a winner! Winner of $1400.00.

Of course when he came to the table he came all nonchalant. He asked me how I was doing and I said, "OK." I asked him where he went off to and he said just playing a few slot machines. He was quiet for a while and then tapped me on my shoulder and whispered, "I won $1400.00." I laughed and said, "you wish." He left it alone for 5 minutes.

Then he tapped me and said it again. I said, "listen I’m trying to concentrate over here." (Mind you, there really isn’t a such thing as concentrating at roulette).

Then he pulled out his winnings and I stopped. I’m like, "wait, you’re serious?" He’s like, "yeah!" At this time I know it is time for me to stop so I collect my tiny winnings and Sean shows me the video and the receipt. He actually had to fill out paperwork for tax reasons. It was a pretty crazy experience and like I said, Sean is all sorts of something. And of course, he split the winnings with me. 50/50 type of family over here :)

Oh and it wouldn't be right for Sean to move to a new area and not find out if they have a rugby team. He looks right at home. Here we go again. Maybe I'll meet some nice rugby wives.

It was a great time and I think PA welcomed us just nicely. Now if only September 12th could get here that way I could live with my man again.