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Our first week...

We have been spending our days as lazy of days as possible for the first little while. We all need to reset and get our systems back on track. Our sleep was impacted from the time change, our eating was impacted from living in hotels for almost a month and we were all a little weary from being nomads. We can now all recalibrate and settle in for a while.

We have to quarantine for 14 days - 5 days in and we are relaxing, taking our time and not putting pressure on ourselves to do too much. 

It's weird not seeing people, but almost everyone has stopped by to at least say Hi and drop off some groceries, beers or presents for the girls. It will be nice to deliver hugs and have good visits once we are done with this quarantine. 

Slowly, slowly, the house is gaining order and our things are finding a home. We are trying to be practical with how much stuff we are purchasing before we have a house of our own, but we will need to get some things like bookshelves and shoe racks and some bins to sort things out. I want to make sure that we get quality items that we can get a lot of use out of. We also want to be comfy if this place is going to be our home for the next year. The lists are many and getting longer as we settle more. I am looking forward to when we can go shopping to get some of this stuff.

We spent a large chunk of today at the beach. It was nice and so relaxing... I didn't even bring my phone so I have no pictures. Sally loved the paddle board with her dad and playing in the sand with all the toys and the rocks. She is going to be a beach baby for sure!!!

Time is ticking along and the pace is slower here... we can feel it already. Its what we have wanted and talked about for years. The quiet here is so very profound and we couldn't be enjoying these two things more. 

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