Wine, rebels and toilets

We’ve been in Holden almost a week, and we have had MANY adventures already!

For the first few nights, we would go to work, get off and pop open a bottle of wine.

Now that it’s the weekend, Castaways gets VERY busy, so we are getting off later, but making money, which is VERY nice!

We are quickly learning that our neighborhood is a lot like a small town – everybody knows everybody!

This morning I went to our community pool while Jules worked a lunch shift, and I made a friend…sure, she’s a 35-year-old school principal, but when she told me she loved riding her golf cart through the neighborhood drinking wine, I knew we were destined to be BFF’s.

While there, she warned us of an older man in the community who is a real stickler for ALL the rules. I took her advice willingly, as we have already been scolded for wasting energy (leaving every light on because we’re scaredy cats) and driving too fast (30, as opposed to the 20 mph speed limit in place….). My new biffle apologized in advance for the older man and told us we’d definitely be seeing him around this summer. Awesome!

Jules and I feel like we’ve been pinpointed as the badass college girls in the neighborhood, and while this couldn’t be further from the truth, we enjoy being thought of as “rebels.”

My latest adventure…oh, just a casual toilet overflow and a sewage back-up into our shower. Thank goodness our landlords were here for the weekend and were able to fix the mess. Now I can check “plumber” off my list of potential jobs.

Live music started last night at Castaways, and let me tell you, the band is HOT. That’s a subtle plea to all our single friends that are contemplating visiting us. Y’all need to see these guys!!

So, week 1 in Holden proved to be interesting. Can’t wait for more adventures!