home sweet home

I've been so busy these last few days: new home, new friends. It's kept me occupied and unable to focus too much on the melancholy-inducing rain we've had.

We got the keys on Friday, I moved a few things over on Saturday (no furniture though) and last night, after a movie for the kids and a dinner date for me, we came "home." On the drive back from the theater Audrey asked, "Where are we going now?" And it was so nice to tell her that I was taking her home. Granted, it's a shared house, but the part this is ours is ample for our needs and the space is ours. We were given bunk beds (and a vacuum!) by some friends who came to help set them up. I threw some sheets on them before we'd left for the evening, so it was fantastic to come back and be able to just lie down and go to sleep.

Unfortunately sleep has been evasive lately and it was again last night. I woke up at 2:45am, unable to return to slumberland. So, around 4am I decided to get up and do something. So I worked on the bathroom paint job. I was a bit unhappy with the vibrant aqua color in the bathroom, so mixed together a sand color, white and the aqua to come up with a mint color that I will enjoy much more, I'm sure. The color makes me happy and that's what I'll need over these upcoming grey months.

Today Audrey heads off to camp; she'll be gone until Friday which is strange for both of us. But Stuart and I will have some rare alone time and I'm sure it will end up being just fine for everyone. It'll give me some time to paint more and get our bedroom set up a bit better.

So here we are: homeless no more. How sweet it is.