getting started

So far in Ithaca we have found:

K-nob's house
the grocery store
the mall
a pizza place
decent local beer
the lake
a yoga class

Still needed:
A job for Exploding Poptart
A camp for Wuggy Norple
A house for everyone to live in after September rolls around.

I think we are all a little tired. It seems like everything needs doing all at once. Papercup Mixmaster starts work again Monday, so he needs to have his home office set up. We don't have any of our furniture until we find our permanent home, so we are trying to make things work with what we have, but some shopping is still required. There is no usual routine yet, no comfortable old habits to fall back on. We are starting over in many, many ways.

Very much house hunting this week. Nothing that's ready to move into in the part of town we like. We realize several times a day how easy it would be to abandon our vision of living downtown, where houses are older, and the dollar doesn't go as far. So far we are holding fast (and wondering if we are in for major renovations...)

Dog and I took a walk by the creek that runs by our house and that reduced the angst somewhat. Wuggy Norple continues to be deeply invested in Leggo Star Wars. Papercup Mixmaster finally got his temporary studio set up, and we get A's games in streaming video, which helps with the fact that our TV gets literally 0 channels.

Fortunately K-nob and family (Boog and King Waffle) have been incredibly supportive. Yesterday they invited us out to the Grandparent's house by the lake for BBQ and fireworks, dropped by today with some crazy Backyardigans water toy and we ran around for a while squealing.