Home Sweet Home

Well, we are moved in and feeling pretty settled. We have two rooms in Steve's parents' basement. We decided to use our own furniture for these rooms, which makes them feel great to us--not like we are living in someone else's house. One room is our bedroom and also has a desk where I work my 20 hours/week. The other room is Nash's bedroom as well as our living room/playroom. Here are some pictures:

Steve started his internship and it's going really well. He's taking a lot of initiative with work and projects there. I am so proud of him and all his efforts and hard work. He doesn't even complain that he has to leave so early to make the commute!

Just as expected, it has been pretty cold here. The first week we were here it was in the negatives all week. One night it got down to -40 degrees! The next day our car wouldn't start because it was just too cold. Steve's dad took him to the bus stop for a long busride into the city.

I've gotten us YMCA memberships which is really fun (thanks to being low-income, they fee was nominal), so I've been taking water aerobics classes. Steve and Nash get to go swimming in the play pool during my Thursday class. Nash loves the water and it was so fun to get to see him playing around with his dad while I was working out.

I've also organized an informal playgroup that we'll have once a week. I'm excited about that--so I can socialize and so Nash can play with other kids. Oh, and I also signed Nash up for a Toddler Storytime which is once a week at the library.

It is so wierd to have actually moved! It doesn't seem real sometimes--like I just assume I'll see all my friends in A2 any day now, but who knows when I'll see some of them! I am so happy about this opportunity, though, and looking forward to all this new chapter in our lives will bring!

We're Moving!

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind! Steve got two interviews for internships at small presses in Minneapolis and was offered both! He's chosen one, so we have been frantically packing up and making arrangements to move to frigid Minnesota. We leave this Friday morning. We are very excited about the opportunity and hope it will lead to a future job in the publishing industry. I am incredibly sad to leave Ann Arbor, especially my many friends here, but am looking forward to a new chapter in our lives.