cordless drill

well we're here! we're in! it's been a crazy last few days, mostly because i contracted liam's weird stomach bug and was sick sunday evening, barfing in the night, and have felt awful all day. not at all what i thought my sunday and monday would be like. hence the reason why i'm only checking in now.

the move went superbly on saturday. everyone worked really hard and got along really well. i think it took about three hours to move everything over then we had pizza, i opened gifts, then we had cake. there were still a lot of errands to run that evening so we didn't get as much done that night as i'd hope.

our first night's sleep here was ok, except at about 2:30 in the morning the upstairs neighbours (our tenants who we still haven't met yet), were walking around and the floors were creaking and making me bonkers. then b woke up at 4 because he remembered that he didn't put the cake away (which i already had) and in doing so woke me up and i couldn't fall back to sleep. i haven't been sleeping well lately, in the sense that i can't sleep in. too much on my mind. however, the good thing about throwing up in the night last night was that i was too ill and too exhausted to get up, so i slept in til 11.

yesterday joelle and caleb were in a christmas pagent at their church so we went to see it. it was pretty entertaining. caleb was in a world of his own and looked so cute because he was the youngest and looked so little. joelle did great. she was a real nature and i thought she was a better reader than some of the older kids – she had inflection in her voice.

i feel good. it chose not to give a lot of thought to leaving the maxipad. i'd already said good-bye so i didn't want to do that all over again. i know the exile will be filled with wonderful experiences too and i'm excited about that. i don't feel relaxed, and therefore don't quite feel at home yet, but i'm certain that has more to do with the boxes and chaos than anything else. the bathroom is the most complete, and it delights me each time i go in there.

we've had a lot of local visitors and waves, which have been very fun already. i like picardsville (the original name for this area. our street was the main st of picardsville). it feels good to be here, definitely feels like home.

home is wherever i'm with you.