2 week mark

As of yesterday we will have been in Denver for 2 weeks. It feels like it's been much longer than that, I think.

Moving is really strange. Most of you that are my friends in real life, I didn't see on a daily, or sometimes even weekly, basis. But I somehow "know" that you're really far away now. Which makes me sad. The other strange thing is that, for some reason in many ways more tangible than missing you, I also feel sad about having no real "life" here yet. No group of friends, no church, no set routines yet like storytime or "our grocery store" or going to "our park". I feel pretty aimless most days.

By now you're probably wondering why I'm not more busy with getting our stuff all moved in and organized. WELL, about 99.99% of our furniture and possessions are currently sitting in our garage here, because we're having a bunch of flooring ripped out and redone, we're redoing our kitchen, and therefore there was no sense in moving it in, getting it all set up, only to have to move it later. SO we're living out of boxes, I unpacked minimal dishes, etc.

So far we've painted our front room, the bathroom, and the kitchen, and bought paint for the master bedroom. (The painting is what I've been doing most days.) Kevin and his dad ripped up a bunch of the carpet down in the basement and aired out some moldy floor boards (don't ask. Oh okay, you can ask. The laundry area flooded shortly after we moved in because there was a clog and the kitchen sink started draining right out onto the basement floor. EW.) Kevin worked on some stuff in the bathroom and we've picked out cabinets (we're going to reface ours and put in new shelves, instead of ripping them out altogether) and carpet. Somehow when I type this out it doesn't seem like much to show for two weeks worth of being here.

Today me and the kids are meeting Kevin for lunch. Crazy! Living so close to his office (less than 20 minutes away!) has been pretty sweet so far. He's able to come home so much sooner, go in so much later, it's great. AND now we can have a special lunch with Daddy during the week!

I'll post some pictures of our progress on the house, and our trip out here, soon. And anybody have any good ideas for places to buy cool throw pillows for my couch and loveseat???