Let the posting re-begin?
Hi all. I am negligent -- this I know from the constant reminders of my dear mother (I love you, dear mother) and several other faithful blogging family members and friends.
So here I am now, moved to an entirely different state and I have no blog posting to show for it. I suppose it is time to remedy that.
I live in North Carolina...and Maryland.
On Monday I started a new job (a huge promotion) at the corporate office of the company I've been working for these past 2 years. On Sunday, I moved to North Carolina, where the corporate office is located. Mark is finishing up his PhD program this year at Hopkins, not to mention we own a house (which we are not too eager to let go of in this market), and so my better half remains in Baltimore.
Our plan is to take turns commuting every other weekend. This first weekend is Mark's turn, and he's here visiting with me in my tiny (though comfortably furnished) little temporary housing apartment. Our plan this weekend is to drive around and start learning the area to narrow down where I (we) might want to live when the temporary housing runs out.
Right now I live 7 minutes from work. Whew. That is quite a change from the past 2 years where I've been driving an average of an hour to an hour and a half to stores. I LOVE my 7 minute drive. The only problem is, this town that I am staying in is a very tiny town. So the question is -- Live 7 minutes from work and commute to fun on the weekends? Or live in fun, and commute 35-50 minutes every day, each way?
I am excited that I've already found the natural foods store in this little town. I bought a bag of red lentils, a bag of quinoa, and a bag of granola so far.
I'm pretty impressed with my eating habits so far. Historically I go out to eat habitually. Yet, since I've been here I have made myself breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And it's good stuff, too. Bulgar wheat salads, yummy chicken tacos, broccoli, lentil soup...seriously, I'm impressed with myself.
This morning Mark woke up with a cold. He stayed up all night setting up my computer -- he is so awesome! And he didnt' get enough sleep, so I am taking advantage of the time and the cool computer set up to get this post out to you all. (or should I write, "y'all" now that I'm a southerner?)
Mark and I have been up to a WHOLE lot before I moved here, too. We've been trying to get in as much fun as we could before we were geographically separated.
We've been out to Kent Islands, renting a house with friends, riding boats and even a sea plane! We've been inner tubing at our favorite spot up north of Baltimore and also in Virginia. We've been camping, we've been boating, we've watched lots of movies, and gone out dancing. And out of all of that, I don't seem to have more than a handful of pictures. So here is my one, symbolic picture of the fun we've been having lately. This one is the river in Virginia (we rode the river all day and got picked up by a bus at the end). Cheers.
Oh wait, one more. Our friends were making fun of our "camping" set up...calling it the "Ritz."
It was a tent that sleeps 7-8 for just the two of us. We brought an air matress, and laid out "carpeting" with blankets.
I thought it was quite cozy. :)
So here I am now, moved to an entirely different state and I have no blog posting to show for it. I suppose it is time to remedy that.
I live in North Carolina...and Maryland.
On Monday I started a new job (a huge promotion) at the corporate office of the company I've been working for these past 2 years. On Sunday, I moved to North Carolina, where the corporate office is located. Mark is finishing up his PhD program this year at Hopkins, not to mention we own a house (which we are not too eager to let go of in this market), and so my better half remains in Baltimore.
Our plan is to take turns commuting every other weekend. This first weekend is Mark's turn, and he's here visiting with me in my tiny (though comfortably furnished) little temporary housing apartment. Our plan this weekend is to drive around and start learning the area to narrow down where I (we) might want to live when the temporary housing runs out.
Right now I live 7 minutes from work. Whew. That is quite a change from the past 2 years where I've been driving an average of an hour to an hour and a half to stores. I LOVE my 7 minute drive. The only problem is, this town that I am staying in is a very tiny town. So the question is -- Live 7 minutes from work and commute to fun on the weekends? Or live in fun, and commute 35-50 minutes every day, each way?
I am excited that I've already found the natural foods store in this little town. I bought a bag of red lentils, a bag of quinoa, and a bag of granola so far.
I'm pretty impressed with my eating habits so far. Historically I go out to eat habitually. Yet, since I've been here I have made myself breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And it's good stuff, too. Bulgar wheat salads, yummy chicken tacos, broccoli, lentil soup...seriously, I'm impressed with myself.
This morning Mark woke up with a cold. He stayed up all night setting up my computer -- he is so awesome! And he didnt' get enough sleep, so I am taking advantage of the time and the cool computer set up to get this post out to you all. (or should I write, "y'all" now that I'm a southerner?)
Mark and I have been up to a WHOLE lot before I moved here, too. We've been trying to get in as much fun as we could before we were geographically separated.
We've been out to Kent Islands, renting a house with friends, riding boats and even a sea plane! We've been inner tubing at our favorite spot up north of Baltimore and also in Virginia. We've been camping, we've been boating, we've watched lots of movies, and gone out dancing. And out of all of that, I don't seem to have more than a handful of pictures. So here is my one, symbolic picture of the fun we've been having lately. This one is the river in Virginia (we rode the river all day and got picked up by a bus at the end). Cheers.
Oh wait, one more. Our friends were making fun of our "camping" set up...calling it the "Ritz."
It was a tent that sleeps 7-8 for just the two of us. We brought an air matress, and laid out "carpeting" with blankets.
I thought it was quite cozy. :)
posted by anne | 8:50 AM
2 Comments:
i like the ritz! and tubing looks like fun. someday i'm going to do that. and good job cooking!
Hurrrrrrrraaaayyyyy ! you are back on line :-) I am very very happy. Thank you Mark!. Tubing looks like great fun. Were you going fast enough that mosquitoes wouldn't land???
LOVE your tent. Why not be as comfortable as you want.
Anxious to hear about your weekend exploration :-)
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