This is the inaugural post, but so as not to have such an abrupt break between the previous post and this, I'll fill in the blanks in a nutshell.
I left you all while in Japan, experiencing the aftershocks of one of the biggest earthquakes in history. I moved back to the US shortly after that (which had been planned way before the earthquake). Since then in only loose chronological order I...
- Got married
- Started going to a great church
- Got a job as a writer
- Moved into an apartment
- Started volunteering at a local food bank
- Left my job as a writer and moved to a job as an editor in NYC
- Traveled a LOT - many trips to England (Birmingham, Bath, Bristol, Oxford, London), Boston, Washington DC, Wales, Philadelphia, Niagara, Bermuda (first cruise!), Scotland, Tennessee, and an epic West Coast US road trip (Las Vegas, Sequoia National Forest, San Francisco, Pacific Coast Highway, Seattle)
- Author-husband got his first book deal
- Hurricane Sandy hit (no power for a week!) - volunteered with our church to help people who were badly hit.
- Had trapeze lessons (!)
- Lost both Grandma and my dear Nana
- Had to put down the best dog in the world
- Got a new old car
- Quit my job and went freelance full-time
- Said goodbye to our apartment and lots of our stuff
- Said sad goodbyes to our friends, family, and church family
- Went to England
All the gaps in between each of these are filled with normal life. Making so many new friends, working, spending time with family, hanging out with friends, Thanksgivings, Christmasses, etc.
I'm still in the process of moving to England officially, but am on an extended visit at the moment. Thus a new adventure in blogging begins.
Maybe.
If I can remember to update it.
