I am writing this post from our rust colored, blue flowered wingback chair. That is one of the new things. I love it.
It has been just over three weeks since we left California, 17 days since we arrived in Virginia, and 15 days since we moved into our apartment. We are blessed to say that our journey went off without a hitch, and that we have had so many of our needs and wants provided for us as we have been settling in.
We spent the first week without a car, which made settling in quite difficult, and made me begin to get desperate. The day before we ran out of food, not only did our smart car passes arrive, but we finally purchased a car. A cute 2010 Hyundai Sonata. This car has so far successfully transported one rather large bookshelf and several pieces of IKEA furniture -- all hanging out of the tied-down trunk. The chair we purchased certainly would not have fit in the car, but I happened to find it less than a mile from our place, and the next door neighbor happened to have a truck that she put the chair in to follow us to our home, and the rain waited until we got the chair inside before it let loose. I think these details are important to recount.
Tomorrow I start orientation, and we are celebrating by today making fresh ginger ice cream. We also took a nice walk to Theodore Roosevelt Island, and puttered around in Georgetown yesterday. We had to take advantage of the few days of summer not pressured by moving.
I am also somewhat alarmed to say that we had a visitor in our kitchen the other night who must have been one of Chester's distant cousins -- yes, a cockroach. There was some screaming, but the husband was calm and trapped him and we let him outside. Time to be vigilant in cleaning our kitchen and keeping foodstuffs sealed.
Things I miss about California: price of avocados, dry heat, open spaces
Things I like about Virginia: George Washington Parkway (trees, shade, the Potomac), the drive into Georgetown, friends from San Diego who have moved here
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