Well, first of all, we have been moved for a month and a half now! We are settling in pretty well, I think. All of the boxes are unpacked, we know generally where most things are located in town, and we are enjoying ourselves. The cat has made himself at home as well.
We have sold my childhood house..again. The house was put on the market two weeks ago, on a Wednesday. We had an offer and contract drawn up 2 days later. I came back that weekend to help a friend go through her things before she moved (today). I said my goodbyes and stayed in my empty childhood home with a twin size air mattress and a single table lamp. And I cried. I got up Sunday morning and ran the neighborhood, came back and showered, and headed out for breakfast.
I'm so glad I chose to go to The 5 Brothers Cafe that morning. I like 5 Brothers for breakfast because 1. Its not Denny's and 2. You can get lots of food for less than $7. I was a little sad to go eat by myself at a restaurant, but I walked in and my aunt and uncle were sitting in a booth. The waitress said I could sit wherever I wanted to, so I went and plopped myself down beside them. I don't get to see my family members very often so I was grateful to get to eat/ chat with them.
After breakfast I headed to the First Baptist Church to hear my aunt Kathy play in the One Way Singers. They do a concert every 5 years. I got to sit between my uncle and my cousin, and after the church service I spent the afternoon at Forbes with my aunt Beverly and uncle Lowell, and 3 of my cousins. Uncle Lowell teased the waitress into filling the hummingbird feeders so we got to see 5 hummingbirds fight over the sugar water in the feeder.
No trip to Salem is complete without a trip to Dairy Mart, so we all met up there and had ice cream. I even got a picture with 3 of my 4 aunts! Just missing aunt Catherine.
The evening ended with an 18 inning Cardinals Baseball game that uncle Lowell and I watched on TV and had dinner at Aunt Beverly's house.
It was a really wonderful day and I wish I got to spend more days like that with my family.
But back to the house:
The first buyer ended up backing out because she has a health issue that she thought was "in-network" at the Mt. Vernon hospital but found out that she would have to drive to St. Louis for her frequent treatments. No worries though, it sold again earlier this week. Still a bittersweet subject with me though.
In other news: (in no particular order..)
I have successfully made it through my first week at my new job! My coworkers seem fun. I look forward to working with them and getting to know them a little more.
I...ran 52 miles this month! Not as many as I had originally set on my training schedule, but still not bad for my first month of training. My goal is to run a half-marathon this fall.
Having cable TV is pretty cool...I've been in cardinals baseball heaven lately.
We went to the Lantern Festival on a whim last Sunday evening. Very cool experience. The Chinese acrobats we saw were worth the $22 admission to me. The ONLY complaint about it was that it was 93° and so humid it was hard to breathe. Even after the sun went down and the Botanical Garden lit the lanterns...it was miserably hot. But the lanterns were beautiful! I'm glad we went.
We bought a house plant and named it Ralph. The cat has decided that Ralph is his best friend. He sleeps next to the plant, and when we vacuum he hides under the plant. He even tries to bite me when I go to water the plant. Guess he thinks I'm going to hurt it or take it away?
Anyways, thats all for this life update. We will have more adventures soon :)
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