we are here

well. i finished section 4 of my class. i only got an 80, but that is still 10points higher than i need, so i am ok with that. things here are looking up. we got monday off, and i get tuesday off, too. that is the new chemistry day. the computer is up and going. i got to eat dinner at jeremy and allison's last night. it was so good to get to hang out with them. i don't think i have ever gotten the two of them to myself, so that was nice. the house is finally feeling like we live here. we got groceries and hung curtains. we're getting there. even our friend jess and her baby, daylin, came to visit us. i even managed to sleep till 10 this morning (not that that is a record or anything, y'all know how i am, but with no curtains, 10 is great!!) let's hear it for the curtains. we took karen for a mother's day dinner tonight at a yummy sushi place called shin la (or as dustin says, "shin ra"). it was a nice evening. oh. yes. today the last of the big boxes came in the mail. it had my back pack, some sweaters and rock band and the wii. if the post office knew what they were holding, i am certain we would not have gotten our box. luckily, no one tipped them off. it is good to sleep in this house on our bed. it is so quiet compared to our san pablo address. and our bed is the lap of luxury. we are on a busy road for vermont and maybe one person every 10 minutes goes by during daylight hours. it is so nice. we are thinking of building a house on the grandmother's land that is right across the road. so it is nice to have a chance to feel out where we could spend most of our life. so far so good.
i started a solo tour in the rock band game today. so far i am at least 4 stars in every song on hard mode. now that is saying something. i only sing. so you know any potential neighbors love that, but they are so far away, they don't know what is happening in this house. so i can be as loud a singer as i want. nice. also, you should see how happy the kitties are here. stairs to climb, windows to look out, their couch to sleep on, and empty rooms to explore. kitty heaven!
so i guess things are good. we have a schedule at work. we sleep well. we see our friends every day. it is good.
dust is happy to be back to work. he is on for 6 days a week. i did that in asheville, and it nearly made me crazy. i vowed to never do it again. so far, i am pretty much keeping that vow. and i am much happier now. i don't think the manix's mind too much that i only work 5 days. i am sure they would like more, but i think we would all be burnt out on me in no time. so all is well.
we miss our friends in california. melissa and andy are in arkansas right now. would be nice to be warm and tipsy. (i know they are.) they get to hang out with jamie, too while they are there. i am jealous. it would be quite a party to see those girls at the same time again!
meg's birthday is next week. shout outs to her. she gets to turn thirty. so that is nice. she is a doctor of anthropology. so she has a big brain. but she is still fun. i am sorry to miss that party.
forrest, if you are reading this, like you said you would, i should tell you jack told me the best way to get rid of aphids organically is organic soapy water. you may have to wash your chard a little more thoroughly, but you will get to eat it instead of the aphids eating it. also i want another jar of that chocolate sauce. how do i go about getting that?
lynette is back home and has eaten all the yummy organic food we left her. i am sure she, too, is happy to have her own bed and the snoring man and crazy dogs that comfort you to sleep when you sleep there.
love to all.