A Whole Lot of Nothing

Wow, has it been nearly a month since I last posted? It's been too much of an effort lately to organize myself into paragraphs and write it all down. But I know that I'll be sad if I don't have a written record of this time to look back on, so that's why I'm making the effort tonight.


We've mostly been spending our time settling into our new house and keeping up with Little P. The kid can run now, so it's not as easy to blog. He's also a strong, fearless climber, so you can't let him go into his bedroom or around a corner alone otherwise he'll be scaling some surface or another. Today he's been teething with molars so he's been extra cranky and needy, but recently we've seen his real personality developing and it's been wonderful. He's so smart, so happy, so inquisitive. He follows us around imitating the things we do. He's jargoning with a few real words mixed in. He's so much fun.

We've been slowly unpacking. It's hard with P around. We've been taking more walks and enjoying our neighborhood. Our immediate area is quiet and residential with two parks nearby. One just has tennis courts and basketball hoops, but the other has a playground, a wading pool, and a small pond. There's a grocery store and some restaurants nearby. It's about a mile and a half from the downtown-ish area of Bay View, which is the Milwaukee neighborhood we're living in. It's the perfect length for a leisurely weekend walk or a quick bike ride. I keep hugging Mike and saying, "I love our house!" Even though it's small, it's ours. Mike's been busy planting flowers outside while I've been trying to get things set up indoors. I have lots of plans and projects in mind.

My work situation is still in limbo. I have a signed contract, but no information about where I'll be working, the hours, the age of the kids, or *gulp* the pay. I'm nervous. I hope to get more information soon (although "soon" will probably be "mid-August"). But at least I have a job. Right now, a lot of people don't. I just have to keep that in mind.

So, yeah. Not a lot has been going on. It's been dull, but pleasant.