The envelope please...

A moment I'll never forget. At 11:55a today, we were handed the keys to our new condo! Of course, it wasn't what I had planned. The keys were in an envelope, so no ceremonial picture of keys and handshakes. But here's a picture of the key, seconds after opening the envelope, and a lot of coaxing my husband to agreeing to let me take my 'embarassing' picture.




We moved our car from the main garage to the resident parking area. We then tried to figure out the correct path from the garage to the closest elevator, and finally to our unit. What a feeling to go into our unit without an escort for the first time! We took off our shoes and just roamed around each room - our final 'good-bye' to the ugly gray carpet before it will be ripped out and replaced with lovely bamboo floors. We also checked out the pool area and gym. Turns out, it's a lap pool. Deepest point is 4-1/2 ft. Oh well. How much swimming can I do in SF anyway.

Tomorrow, we are meeting with our painter and the flooring company - actually, they'll be coming to the condo to make their estimates - something we couldn't arrange before because we didn't have the keys.

I still can't believe it. We're homeowners!