it's the little things...

I can finally breathe at work for a bit. And by "a bit" I probably should mean about 5 minutes. But I'll spend a few more here. I wish I had the day off and could just do whatever outside. It's so beautiful. I would die up north. A week and a half of dreary days in the 40s leaves me just this side of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Obviously the weather makes me distracted and rambly. Back to business. If you've been playing along on FB you saw that I got a new car. It's a 2015 Highlander. I love it. It's a greenish grey color that doesn't show up well in photos, and it's way fancier than I am. I think we got a good deal but even better than that, we got something big crossed off the list. I had one glorious solo ride in it. Without carseats even. But then back to reality...which, of course, I wouldn't trade for anything. We're still at the hotel, and things are still going well. Our transition to the grandparents' house starts next we...

I remain exhausted but still wanted to let y'all know how things are going. It feels like there has been a lot of progress in the last week. My car was removed from the "garage" yesterday. Yea! Hopefully I'll have a check for that by next week. We've done a bit more research and more test driving and I think we are narrowed down to two. Let me tell you, you haven't lived until you've car shopped with toddlers/preschoolers. Oh, did I mention that I had about 6 payments left on my old car? Isn't that the way it always goes? I love our hotel. People are so nice and it doesn't feel weird staying here. Maybe it's because I've stayed in so many hotels over the last several years for work. It's really quiet, and I'm able to work fairly well here. It's obviously much smaller but that hasn't been a problem yet. And I have to say that I do enjoy that someone else cleans and cooks (at least several meals). Someone who isn't me....

Super light reading year. I don't know what I did with my time... 1. Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises 2. The Secrets of Happy Families 3. The Fault in Our Stars 4. Heartbroke Bay One was Hemingway at least. And I'm retiring the following as I think they're all in storage post-fire: 1. And Baby Makes Three 2. The Happiest Toddler on the Block 3. Daring Greatly Maybe 2015 will be more exciting. I do miss curling up with a good book.