okey dokey, artichokey

today.
today. the weather report said it was going to be 59 degrees and sunny. they were right. nice. (tomorrow is supposed to rain so i will quit gloating then). today we made another trip to target. we got dust a cordless drill. it was like i told him to pick his favorite christmas gift. he shopped the entire aisle, reading boxes, comparing voltage and accessories. it was cute. i told him to get the one he wanted because it could then be considered a wedding gift (gift cards--again thanks). he was pumped. it is nice to see him so happy. after target, we made our way to trader joes. my favorite. we spent $80 on groceries. we haven't bought groceries in so long. it felt like we were home, you know. when you have to keep packing up the car over and over with everything you own, it takes it's toll, and i just hadn't realized what a toll it had taken on me. i felt relaxed. then we came home and ate our thai leftovers from last night along with some tj's snacks. delicious!! we charged the drill. and then we got a call. the call came from a little bit of sunshine named sebastian. dust answered. so i just sat close enough to hear his little voice. man, he is a cutie. we heard all about animusic, and sledding, and he questioned why i had to go away to "learn". man, that was tough to hear. ( as if i weren't wavering enough, right?) good thing he is cute. then came delightful dorian. by this time we had put him on speaker phone. so i am sure he was thoroughly confused as to whom he was speaking, but it made our day. we have been gone half a month, and the kid is piecing together not only words, but real sentences. we understood him and he made sense. where is our drunk little man? talking to allison and jeremy was good too. just not long enough. is that not always the way. when we got off the phone, the drill was charged and it was time to start making some drawers. we are now half way through the drawers and we have pieces allover the living room, but it is too late to hammer with the downstairs neighbors being home. so we decided to go to a movie. into the wild. (directed and written by sean penn). it was great. i knew how it ended, so that made it less of an emotional scene. but the theater was amazing. it was two for one night. so that made it good. $7. perfect. they also served pizza, popcorn, salads, desserts, sodas, wine and beer, sangwiches, and nachos. amazing!. we got a salad, some popcorn with real butter, and dust got a slice of pepperoni pizza. i had a glass of wine and dust had a beer, just because we could.

i really think i will like it here. it is so nice to get to go exploring with dust. i just keep saying over and over, "we live here. can you believe it?" we work well together. we laugh. it is good. i also like living here because there is so much around us to do. we saw san fran from the bay today and i realized we hadn't even begun to explore east to west. all of our adventures in the past day and a half have been north south. we have been in many cities because we are in the big middle of everything. it is a nice feeling, but i think i would be overwhelmed had dust not come with me. we have not met anyone, so the lure of friends is stronger than ever. seeing all of this without you, knowing which parts you would like the most, is really tough. all i can say is that we will do our best to experience it all so that when we come home we will have stories to tell. and when you come here, we will know exactly where to take you. so get here soon.
love you all, and miss you all terribly.
clm