Larry jinxed us

July 2, 2006

This morning Larry said, "What else could go wrong?" (because the couch he ordered will take another week) so of course this afternoon during a violent but relatively brief thunder storm, the power went out and stayed out for several hours. It came back on around 8 p.m., right before it got dark, thank goodness. It wasn't a complete disaster b/c we ended up hanging out on our neighbor's sun porch for much of the time and had a chance to get to know our two over-the-fence (behind us) neighbors. Nice people, one with 2 daughters (one who babysits!) and the other with a baby boy (8 months old and a bruiser). Not my soul mates or anything, but it's nice to know I could borrow a cup of sugar if I needed it.

Otherwise, things have been hectic and the unpacking is moving along slowly. We put all our errands on hold on Saturday and just worked around the house - we got some stuff done, but not as much as we hoped to, of course. Larry installed some of the closet organizers that we bought and I unpacked what seemed like a lot of of boxes, though there's still so many to go.

Caleb starts summer camp tomorrow (Monday). I'll miss him, but I'll get a lot more done without him around. He's been to the YMCA pool several times with Larry and is really comfortable in the water again. He'll do great. Of course the camp is closed on Tuesday, so he'll just go for one day and then be off a day, but that may be a nice way to transition into it.

No, we have absolutely no plans for the 4th. There's fireworks, but they start so late that I doubt we'll go.

It's very buggy around here, which was a surprise, though it shouldn't have been. I thought the cooler climate would help keep the bugs to a minimum, but I forgot that we've been living in the middle of a city all this time - bugs come with suburban living I suppose, and there's a wilderness area right behind our development - apparently the bugs don't know where their designated territory ends. Alana has quite the bug phobia, though I'm sure it's just a phase. She admits to liking ladybugs, but otherwise wants them all to give her a wide berth.

The house is really working out fine, other than a few little repair jobs that we hadn't noticed before (for example, the front screen door is coming off its hinges and the sliding glass door in the back doesn't lock), which is sending us back to Lowe's. It's lucky that one of our neighbors is handy - he'll be a good resource, both for knowledge and tools. But it's really nice to have the extra space (though we still haven't found a place for everything!), and I'm finding the layout to be great. I just have to keep reminding myself that it took a long time to pack everything up, it's going to take some time to get it all unpacked too.

I think this is probably enough rambling for tonight. Hope everyone is well and your summer is enjoyable.