Empty Apartment

We are officially residents of the great state of Wisconsin. We've been here for almost a month and I cannot believe how quickly time is just flying by for us. I started my new job and am still figuring it out. I am working at a daycare and each day presents a new challenge for me. I really love working with the kids, but sometimes they really hurt my feelings. I'm a softie, I'll admit, and when negative things are said about my activities it just breaks my heart. I need to get tough skin, I know... and I'm working on that. I never thought I'd say a 6 year old could make me cry, but they have and it stinks. Bill's job is going well, he really likes the people and the atmosphere. It's much different than the Atlanta airport, it's smaller so he knows everyone!

When we moved our one small carload up the first weekend in July we stayed in a hotel for a week. From now on hotels are strictly vacation stays NOT living quarters. It was cramped, dirty, smelly, (the cheapest deal around) and just not good!!! The only decent part was the hot breakfast we had every morning. After the hotel stay we found an apartment. The apartment is decent, unfortunately, we have no furniture because all of our stuff is still in GA. Therefore, we live in an empty apartment. We are using the backseats of our car as our chairs and a cardboard box as the table. We bought a bed, so that's one thing we do have. I also brought the basics for the kitchen so I can make meals. It's been interesting when I want to reheat things, I'm going back to the techniques of the old days...using the stove to reheat my food. Ha, I needed to melt some butter yesterday, so I just put it in a saucepan and after a few minutes it was melted. I've enjoyed not having all of my crap around. I have appreciated the simplicity of not having much. My entire life I have been surrounded by stuff and I've wanted to get rid of things, but I have always felt so attached to things. Now I know I don't need them. By the time we get our stuff in August, I will have survived a month and half with practically nothing.

Bill has joined a community band and has started playing with them. Tomorrow is his first concert and I can't go. I have to stay late at work for a meeting. I am really proud of him for putting himself out there and taking chances!! Well, I keep putting off writing a talk for Sunday. I'm giving a talk in church and I continue to find other things to do instead of write my talk so I guess I better get to that. Until next time...