Back in the saddle

It's official, we're moved in and somewhat settled in "Kowawa"!

We made it here around dinner time on Saturday, and the entire evening was a blur of boxes and furniture coming out endlessly from the stuffed-to-the-gills moving van. And now, nearly a week later, there are still random boxes scattered around, no curtains on my living room windows, no pictures on the walls, and no books in the bookcases. This is not how I normally roll--under other moving circumstances, I have had all boxes unpacked and pictures hung neatly within 24 hours. But this time, maybe because I also have a two year old to entertain, or (as I prefer to believe), since we're NEVER MOVING AGAIN, I figure I'd might as well take my time and make sure I like the way things are situated before I fully settle in and decide that the funky picture my friend Ben gave me would really look better on that OTHER wall.

In some ways, this transition has been much easier than your average moving scenario. Since we are from Puyallup, I will not be spending the first 6 months here driving around with my glove box stuffed full of MapQuest directions. I already know how to get to the nearest grocery store, the post office, the library, etc. In fact, hitting up story time at the library was one of the first things we did this week. It's nice to be back in a town where I can easily get around (the back way, even!) from place to place.

As for Zoey, she's not having the greatest week of her life. Moving at age two has got to be a major pain in the ass. There is no way to explain the concept of not being able to just drop by your friend's house any time you want, because now we live far away. For the first 48 hours, she asked repeatedly to go home. And then, when she asked to go to Adley's house and I explained (again) the near-far concept, she just gave me the sad-brown-eyes face and said "oh...maybe tomorrow". Truly, it's enough to make me cry.

But, on the bright side, we checked out the local YMCA yesterday and I think we're going to join and enroll Zoey in a tumbling class. She was also very excited by the presence of a "fwimming" pool, and has asked twice already if we can please go "fwimming". Hopefully this will be a great way for both of us to make some friends.