Saturday, September 29, 2007

setttling into temporary housing

With the cat's sufficiently drugged up, so I thought, I took off for Charlotte with my car weighted down to capacity with only a little room for the cats. They managed to climb me like a tree for the entire 5 hour drive and had to explore every inch of the car despite their unsteady footing, elevated third eye lids, and drooling mouths thanks to the sedation they were given. At one point, Abby fell asleep on my lap with her tongue sticking WAY out. I wish I could have taken a picture.

As you can see, they were feeling plenty awake enough to explore the apt and the third story balcony. I think Jack would jump up on the railing if it wasn't for me babysitting him. He tried a couple of times, but I am not up for a trip to the ER.



Our living room.... the apt was comletely furnished, washer and dryer included!



The office...which hasn't been much of an office since it has been like pulling teeth to get the internet to work. But we are working to make it feel like "home" at least for now.

Our Move to NC

The 18 wheeler looks kinda daunting outside the house, but they insisted we didn't have that much stuff! They were a great company that boxed up everything including our mattresses and shrink wrapped all our furniture and took a lot of time putting things into the trailer meticulously.





We are in our apartment (temporary housing) in Charlotte. Matt will be leaving for Massachusetts on Sunday afternoon for 2.5 weeks and I am on the job trail interviewing and sending out resumes. We hope to close on the house the latter part of October and then we will be EXPECTING visitors!

Our first Hike in NC

On Saturday, Matt and I went to Crowders Mountain State Park for our first hike here in North Carolina. we wanted to take advantage of our time together before Matt's training up in Massachusetts. The hike was in the "strenuous" category which of course was right up our alley. I was definitely struggling to catch my breath by the time we got to the top. I successfully ruined the serene environment with my huffing and puffing. Matt raced up the hill and he seemed as calm as ever, while I was keeled over trying to catch my breath.

Despite all that- the weather was absolutely perfect for our trek and the rocky trails helped with my agility and coordination- which most of you know- needs a lot of work.

Of course, I can't be blamed for all the lack of serenity, while people were meditating on the top of the rocks, Matt's water bottle full of ice rattled in rhythm with our step- just in case anyone wanted to know we were coming.






This is us at the top- Matt looks somewhat refreshed after his run up the steep trail to the top...and I on the other hand, as seen below, look like I have been bowled over by a semi.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

First Day of School



I'm really behind in posting pictures, so here are a couple of the boys' first day of school, waiting for the school bus on Columbus Avenue, NYC.

Adirondacks

Here are some photos from our annual trip to Camp-of-the-Woods in the Adirondack Mountains of New York (August 2007)




(The photo above shows the huge beaver dams we saw on our canoe trip.)

On the way back to the city, we stopped in Cooperstown, New York, original home of author James Fenimore Cooper and also the National Baseball Hall of Fame.