Well we made it, we are offically relocated. And for the most part our drive out here took a week and was basically and fortunately uneventful. We stopped in Salt Lake City to visit my parents and have "Canadian Thanksgiving" or Thanksgiving early because I won't be able to get back that soon. It was wonderful. We also stopped in Summit County, Colorado to visit Joey's sister, and catch up with a bunch of his friends. After that we drove as much as we could stand, and got here as fast as we could to get all the driving over with.
We are slowly getting settled in. We hung out with the kids on Thursday a no school day, and all weekend. It made moving here and all the hassle of moving seem well worth the effort. We celebrated Raine's 10th birthday with tasty homemade dinner, and enjoyed each others company.
Joey has already started working! I feel so blessed that he has already got work, even if it is a 4 hour drive, and the job will only last two weeks.
Today I ventured out to ride my bike to the Farmers Market. I was spoiled in Corvallis and I didn't even realize. Corvallis has bike lane's everywhere there is traffic enough to need them, and flat. Here it feels crazy to be so close to traffic, and the hills are everywhere! It is more hilly than living downtown Salt Lake, where there was a steep hill but it was basically only the one. But I made it (after a hilly wrong turn on mountain terrace drive, big mistake...) and got home just as the sprinkling rain turned to torrent. I made it without getting totally soaked, just mostly. The tasty (and locally made) tempeh bagel sandwich I made, with a side of fresh cherry tomatoes was totally worth the effort.
It isn't Corvallis, but we are slowly trying to make it home.
