August 22, 2011
Wow, a big gap here. So, during the time that we were in the temporary lodging Sean in-processed to the hospital, we found a house that is 500 yards from the hospital, and bought a 2010 Volvo XC60. We spent a lot of time looking at fast little BMW’s but as soon as we found the house and realized that Sean was able to walk to work we quickly switched to the family car for Mayland and the kids.
So, to enumerate the blessings of finding this house … We were able to move in before the end of July and not start paying rent until 1 August. Turns out that the 2nd floor is actually a furnished apartment for the owners to use in winter when they come over to go skiing. They were kind enough to let us stay there until we received our temporary furniture from the Army (think dorm stuff), that was 10 days. It also turns out that one of the best restaurants is 1 block from our house, a bakery, small grocery store and MJ’s elementary school are all 1km from the house (that is .6 miles). Clark’s school, the gymnasium, better known to us as a high school, is down the hill from the hospital and a 3 km walk.
Tuesday, 30 August we will be getting our own furniture. It is very exciting to get furniture after 60 days of not seeing it - almost like Christmas. The other great blessing is that Sean is getting an extra week off to help set-up the house, so instead of going into work on Thursday to take care of patients, he will only need to go in for a couple of days to do administrative work, the rest of the time we can put things away. A real treat!
It's great to see that you have all settled in so quickly and so nicely. We loved the "holiday" pics, too (castle, etc). Keep writing!
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