The 10 months since we moved to SoCal from northern MN have been packed with one adventure after the other. I'm hoping we passed the initiation and that the next year can be uneventful. Here's a little recap:
1. Arrived in CA for Braden to start school on August 10, 2011. Had to live in a hotel until we could move into our house on September 19 (instead of the originally planned August 25).
2. Used pillows on the floor for 5 weeks while waiting for new furniture to arrive.
3. Enjoyed living in our house for 4 months, then had fire in the garage on January 26.
4. Moved into hotel...again. After being in hotel for 6 weeks, we moved to a rental house.
5. Started a new job in January, and tried to settle into the new groove while dealing with house fire and hotel living.
6. June rolls around, 5 months since the fire, and still in the rental house. Hoping to be back home to our renovated real house by Halloween. We've now spent more time living away from our house than in our house since we moved to CA.
7. Decided to have a positive attitude when all my boys (husband, son, dog) left for MN by taking advantage of the time to write, run, and bike. Instead, had to spend my time changing locks and hooking up alarm systems because some S.O.B. managed to get in to our house right before I came home from work, then hid in a closet until I left 40 minutes later, and hightailed it out of the house leaving the door wide open. Nothing stolen, but then again, we don't have much in our rental house because it's all in storage from the house fire.
There is something to be said for the mundane. We've had enough adventure this past year, so I am really hoping the next year is uneventful and boring, full of days at our real house, not our rental house, lounging in the back yard, gardening, going for walks in our neighborhood.
This weekend I plan to enjoy the art festival in Old Town Temecula,
visit the a winery, and float in the pool with friends while I remember
all the good things about SoCal.
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