April 13, 2010

• Back In Town

  Today we were off to the town from which we recently moved. It was a rainy, coldish day, which was great for going off since we couldn't really play in the yard anyway. A number of good friends met us at an traditional arts museum from 10:30 am to noon. We were able to see a number of people that we never really got to say goodbye to this summer, which was really nice. We also got to show off Jackson, and met a friend's baby as well. Then we ate out with some of my best friends at one of my favorite restaurants, and, other than Jackson's fussiness enjoyed catching up with them.

  We met our new real estate agent at our house, which is still for sale, FYI. We have only ever spoken to each other on the phone, so it was nice to actually meet the guy for real. It was strange to be back on our old house, which we now refer to as our "Vacation Home in the Mountains". We saw some of our neighbors as well.

  After all that we walked around our former campus and were able to show off our kids some more. We wandered until Jackson was thouroughly worn out, then headed out to dinner at our favorite local diner.

  I enjoyed running into the occasional person who didn't even know we had moved. It was admittedly a very long winter, and if we had been in town still we wouldn't have seen some regular town folk simpy because everyone spent months hunkered down in their warm homes instead of being out and about.

  Favorite experiences?

  1) Running into a friend on the sidewalk while putting some things in our car. He offered to walk me to lunch under his umbrella because it had started raining. I enjoyed the brief walk, it was an unexpected pleasure.

  2) Seeing an old friend of mine who has always liked me and my family despite his normal gruff personality. He melted when he saw how much Geo has grown and how cute Jackson is.

  3) Jackson was given handmade booties.

  4) Geo was given a Christmas ornament that said "I Love You" on it.

  • 9:30 pm
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