Changes

Changes, changes, changes. Lots has happened since my last post. In March, Lance and I celebrated both our eight year anniversary and our two year wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe that so much time has past and every day I feel blessed that we found each other. Anyway, we combined our anniversaries into one and spent the day at the zoo and ate a delicious lunch at the Oceanarium. It was bloody hot at the zoo, but it was nice spending time at the site of our first date.

After my last post, the Big Pack really took off. We packed and packed and packed. I can't believe we accumulated so much stuff over the past two years. This move was a lot harder than my first move. The first time individual people moved in, this time a married couple moved out, along with all the stuff that a home has. Bed, couch, desks, kitchen stuff, kitchen stuff, kitchen stuff. Thank goodness we had so many people helping us -- we have amazing family and friends. It also helped a lot that my parents were able to store some of our stuff for a bit so we were able to move a lot out during the week. [Note: If you move and have people who can help you move, renting a U-Haul is a fantastic deal. Their website even has tips to make your move easier. No, I don't work for them.]

When we moved, we were also able to bring our dog home from my mother-in-law's house. In retrospect, perhaps it wasn't the wisest idea to bring her home on the same day of our big move. She was able to transition rather well from owner to owner, but we discovered that she had some separation anxiety in the beginning of her move. We found this out during our first weekend when one of our neighbors kindly left a note on our door about our dog's barking. Ironic, isn't it? I, who have been notoriously intolerant of my neighbors, suddenly found myself as the annoying neighbor next door. Thankfully, it all worked out in the end. Her barking led us to take her around the neighborhood to apologize and we got to meet our neighbors. Most of them were understanding and the neighbor who left the note was actually the friendliest. We desensitized her and taught her that us leaving the house was not a big deal and now all is good. We decided to wait to get a cat and although I'm a little disappointed, I realize that getting a cat right now is not a good idea. And besides, with a dog as cute as her, how can I really be sad? :) Anyway, meet M*Bark. Don't worry, that's not her real name.

It's been crazy busy with our new house and our new dog and we're pretty much walking around in a constant state of exhaustion. There's a lot of work to put into our new home, some of which we didn't anticipate. It's funny how some of the stuff that didn't bother me at all when we bought the house bug me now. I loved our townhouse and the newness of it and it's hard going from brand new to not brand new, but I love the fact that the home we're creating is the home that we're going to be in, well, pretty much forever. The townhouse is where we started our life together and this house is where we'll start a family and grow old together. [Note: No, we're not starting that family right now.] With the circumstances surrounding our purchase of our house, we've been saying that this house was meant for us. As an additional sign, check out the light that's in the yard. Dragonflies!