We ended up stopping around 2am in Greenville, SC for the "night" to rest up for the long day ahead. The hotel we decided on turned out to be a pretty decent Comfort Inn, that surpassed our expectations. It was a nice break from all the driving. We got up around 7 to get our day started and made the 4 hour drive into Raleigh. We got into Raleigh around noon so we stopped at Chick Fil-A for some lunch then went and checked into our hotel (Super 8). As worn out as we were from the long drive, getting into the city gave us some energy that was much needed.
From the hotel, we made our way out to visit some apartments. Thanks to CaryAnne who put together a binder full of potential apartments, complete with page protectors and a Google maps style list, it was a lot easier than I expected. She had mapped out almost all of the places that interested us. In all, we probably visited/toured 7 different apartment complexes. Some were too expensive. Some were too sketchy. Some were perfect except for an extremely small living room or lack of washer/dryer connections. We did find a couple that we would be happy in, but our search isn't over yet. We plan to tackle the rest of our options tomorrow.
After our apartment hunt ended, we met up with some people from the church for supper. We met Nathan, Drew, Matt, Shauna, and Matt and Shauna's four kids at a little Mexican restaurant (El Dorado) down the road from our hotel. We had a great time and are really looking forward to getting to know them better. It was very encouraging for us to be able to get together with them; they made us feel like we belong here.
It's 9pm here so I guess we are about to go to sleep. It has been a long couple of days and tomorrow is going to be as well -- more apartments and hopefully a chance to get out and see more of Raleigh.
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