hello again world!

mood: holllllllllller!
listening to: david crowder band,
last read: kimi's blog

so we are officially (legally) in the new house. (see note 1)it's great, amazing. although it feels a little bit like we are on vacation or living in a hotel. found out from the neighbors that it was a model home at one time (which explains the massive amount of phone jacks in the loft, but not the carpet in every bathroom) i am uber-paranoid about things on the carpet. just about tore off noah's head when he spilled water in the family room. i told him he couldn't have anything to drink for the rest of the day. then i realized that was probably a little disproportionate (and possibly abusive) to a four year old. so i reinstated water privileges. (and i mean... it really is a privilege. do you know the state of the drinking water crisis in other parts of the world??) my other paranoia is about the a/c. i have it set at 80 and consider it victory when it doesn't come on all day. i am deathly afraid of having to hock the kitchenaid in order to pay the skyhigh SCE bill that everyone assures us is inevitable.

it was incredibly WEIRD to be so disconnected from the world for 5 days (no phone or internet or tv). and then the HORRENDOUS earthquake struck the southland. (see note 2) I did feel the quake, although it took a few seconds for it to register what was going on. my first thought when i heard the rumble was that jack somehow fell out of his crib and was bouncing. (i'm a little sleep deprived can you tell??)

ok, gonna go catch up on emails. thanks to everyone who helped us in the moving process!!!

note 1: certain parties arranged for us to move in the house before it closed. it didnt close until yesterday (praise the Lord it actually closed!!), so we saved $100 in taxes.

note 2: i find it hilarious that it is seriously headline news and "we interrupt this program" news that a 5.4 damageless quake hit. but it's CA and the "dreaded" earthquake, so people freak. i'll take earthquakes over hurricanes, tsunamis, cyclones, tornados and floods ANY DAY!!