On the Road

I feel that this poor blog has been so neglected over these past few weeks. Micah has been away doing a Pediatrics rotation since the beginning of the month-and so the boys and I have been traveling between cities a lot. We are home for Aiden's preschool on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and then after his swim lessons we take off to see Micah for the remainder of the week. Depending on the weather, we are able to be in town from Thursday afternoon to Monday afternoon. It's nice to get to spend that time with Micah and visit with old friends. But it has been hard being on the road so much, packing and unpacking. I won't say that the boys have been unaffected. The first night in the apartment is usually the hardest, and we end up sleeping with the boys in one way or another. Just a few more weeks of this, and then Micah will be home.
One of the good things about this adventure is that we are experiencing first hand what it will be like to live in a much smaller home. The apartment that we found is just down the street from the hospital, and it is fully furnished-to an extent. It has furniture and some kitchen things...but if I am going to make anything, I usually have to plan ahead and bring everything from home. But we have been given the sense that this is what life could be like when we move in a few months. And for the most part we are doing pretty ok! Of course we don't have everything there that we would want when we move, and it probably would be a bit more crowded when we get all our belongings in one place. But we see where we would make some cut backs and feel that we could make it work. The hardest thing I have observed though is that the boys don't have much room to run around without getting in our way a bit. It's hard because the weather is pretty miserable-so they can't burn off any energy outdoors...but when we move, I expect gorgeous weather most of the time-so I hope that will make a big difference later.
At any rate, we're making it work. And we will make it work wherever we go. Right now we are focusing on spending as much time as we can when we are together. And we are getting ready to get the house on the market. I am not looking forward to this process, but it has to be done. So...if you know anyone in our area, or coming to our area that needs a great home-let me know! :)
I will try and get some more pics and posts up here in the next couple of days, but be patient with me as I've just gotten home-again-from another weekend away from home.