I think the honeymoon phase of our move is over. Now, lucky me, I am feeling a bit depressed, overwhelmed, stuck... .
We have a bunch of crap (paperwork, etc), which is going to delay our buying a house. The housing market is a bit high now, places are going like hotcakes, and at higher prices than when we looked in January... so for lots of reasons, we are holding off to look for houses until fall. I they are holding this place for rent for us, so there is no rush.
My cats are going stir crazy. I've been asking around and a couple people have told me about loosing their cats. Finally one woman said it was the coyotes, and that was only during the drought years a couple years ago.. they came into the neighborhoods for food and water. She said that was years ago, and she hasn't had a problem since. Still I haven't let them go outside yet.
The kids are doing well.. when they are sick or tired, they say "I want to go back to our other house in Victoria", or ask after you all. I guess I'm the same way. I pulled Finn from his camp this week.. he was set to go into one for 2-5 year olds, couldn't do the 5-7 because he hadn't finished kindergarten yet. He was out on Monday due to his fever (which passed in less than 24 hours), so when we picked up Zoe, I told him we could do look around. We went for a tour at 3:00pm, they were napping the kids and I got furious... I don't want my 5 year old to nap.. stupidest idea ever.. but its legislated or something; they have to sit quietly on a mat for 20 minutes. Anyway, his other camp isn't like that, so tomorrow, I'll be driving to two separate camps again, at opposite ends of the city.
I feel like such a chauffeur, we are in the need of another vehicle, but I can't add more to Bruce's plate. I'm not sure whether to go for huge gas guzzler that will be ultra safe like Toyota Sequioa or something like the Toyota Highlander Hyrid..
Its hard to keep house in a temporary house.. we have boxes everywhere which I need to keep and which I only want to selectively unpack.. but then it reminds me of how temporary it is and how I feel the need for something more permanent.
I realized I'm also missing the out of doors.. I forced the kids to go out this morning.. we met one neighbor and survived for 30 minutes outside.. too muggy.. I know the other 9 months of the year will be lovely, but as with anything, I'm impatient.
Its not all doom and gloom, but...
today I'm taking a mental health day to play with my kids and recharge.
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