E is for EXCITING

This week, ABC Wednesday is brought to you by the letter E as in , eggplant, email, east, ecology, and an excited elephant.

It's been an exciting few days lately.  Yesterday, I bought my first smart phone, an electronic device that I'm slowly learning.  And I mean slowly as in "tortoise and the hare" slowly!  I see everyone else typing with their thumbs but when I tried it, I almost dropped the phone!  So I'm just going to learn how to add my contacts, change the ring tone, read Facebook, and take a few photos for a while. 

My daughter helped me choose the phone and apparently, I got an excellent one - Samsung Galaxy S6, which is better than what she has!  So between daughter & son-in-law, as well as grandson, I should be able to learn things fairly quickly. Grandson is so excited to show me things.

The real reason I wanted to get one of these phones is that I'm going to be spending a bit over a month in the United Kingdom this June/July.  I want to be able to use it to communicate with friends as well as use the camera so I don't have to lug my big, heavy Canon EOS Rebel T4i with me.  I'm getting rather excited about my trip, but I have to put that excitement on the back burner for now. 

I am excited, though, about my upcoming move - to my new home not too far from where I live now.  My mind is busy planning furniture placements, picture hanging, how to get the dog acclimated.  I'm a very organized person, so I have everything all arranged re the movers and changing over utilities, etc.  I am already packing boxes and piling them in the living room in preparation.  I haven't moved for almost 13 years, so it's a good thing I got rid of a lot of things when I got rid of the "ex".  My new place is in this building - if you look behind the trees on the bottom level, you can just see the top of my windows. My suite goes from the middle bay window to the far right bay window and the balcony is the full length, totally private!  So no one below me to hear me playing with Tegan and only one suite beside me on the left there.  I can also go through the gate in my balcony to take the dog out and around to the back past a beautiful courtyard to beyond where there is a doggie play area.  As you can see, the building is set back from the street so it gives a feeling a space.  I park underground by going through the gate on the left and my spot is right near the elevator.  There's also an exercise room and a guest room downstairs.  It's perfect for me!

By the way, I'd like to thank everyone who commented on my post last week!  Everyone who posted had a lot to say and it was gratifying to have others reinforce that I had done nothing wrong.  So thanks for that, everyone!  It helped me to move on and forget the whole exasperating experience.

 

With thanks to the elegant Denise Nesbitt, the creator of ABC Wednesday, and to the energetic Roger, our administrator.  Also, don't forget that there is an enthusiastic group of ABCWers who elbow their way over to visit all the contributors so that they can leave encouraging and entertaining comments.  If you feel equipped to help ease the load for everyone, please contact Roger.