Goodbyes, Sadness and World Cup
The time to say goodbye has come. The children finished their school year and it was very sad to know we won't see their teachers anymore. I'm specially fond of Clarita's school, the faculty, the campus the wonderful Montessori methodology.
It makes me sad that I won't see my closest friends often enough, it breaks my heart that my best friend here is moving to New York State with her family.
It makes me sad I'm leaving the trees, those gray/rainy days that make you appreciate the sun, the flowers, the blue sky, the clouds, spring and summer, and other things in life.
I'll miss PCC. Yes, PCC the supermarket. I could make excuses to drive there, get one apple, and then spend the rest of the time checking out everything else. I love that store.
Eli has cried three times already about missing his friends and I think positive and reassure him because I'm the mother and he needs me. I went through the same process when I was his age and I know it's hard; new school, new kids and try to make new friends. I think positive because we lived in Berkeley before and loved it, our friends are waiting for us and we're loved.
In the meantime, I've been very busy watching the World Cup. I've enjoyed every minute of it. Every four years you get to watch great fútbol (I refuse to use "soccer". What kind of word is that? It makes me think of "sucker", and I don't like that word either)
Since husband works from home we've been watching some games together. It's been a bonding experience, as well.
Ah, fútbol! the players running from one side to the other one, controlling the ball, trying to score, pass the ball, the goalie jumps trying to catch the ball, he misses... GOOOOOOOOLLLLLLL
And Chile goes back home. I cried. I'm sad. Las pasión del fútbol. VIVA CHILE!!
Packing? You love to ask that question. Well, the moving company is packing for us, which means I can comfortably sit on the couch and watch fútbol.
After the Open House during Memorial Day Weekend, our house sold in a matter of days. I think we had four offers; not bad.
In the meantime, we kept looking for a place to rent in Berkeley. As you can imagine, it's not easy to rent something from far away, but Josh kept looking on Craigslist and then I joined him. He flew three times to the Bay Area to visit Open Houses. We wanted something in South Berkeley because that's where we lived before, and liked it very much.
It was a thought search but yesterday Joshua came back home from CA with a house to move in July.
The house is in North Berkeley, Berkeley hills. It's beautiful and has nice views. It's a 20 min. walk to shops down the hill.
We have a house. Wow. This is real. We're moving back to Berkeley.
Joshua, you did a great job. It was time and energy consuming.
One less thing to worry about.
Frequent Q&A
1. Do you have a house in CA? Yes.
2. Are you packing? No, when I do, I let you know.
3. Have you sold your house? Yes.
4. When do you move? July 30th-31st (write it down)
Memorial Day Weekend
On Memorial weekend the four us left for a trip to the Peninsula. It was our Open House and we didn't want to escape each time people wanted see the house.
After putting half of our things away, we left for Port Townsend.
What a nice town! It's one of one those places you're happy to have discovered. We enjoyed the restaurants, the farmers market and I loved the antique stores.
After two nights in Port Townsend, we continue our trip to the Olympic National Park. The driving was nice, so green and calm. We stopped in Lake Crescent for lunch. I think that it's one of the most beautiful lakes I've ever seen, and let me tell you that were I come from there are some amazing ones. I could have stayed there forever admiring its clear water and the green hills on the back.
After lunch we continued to our final destination: Lake Quinault. Another wonderful lake and landscape. The children were very happy, and Joshua and I very relaxed (something we were craving for)
It was fantastic to have traveled to these magnificent places, but at the same time I was sad to have discovered them so late in our life in Washington. Because we're moving, you know that.
Hopefully we'll go back to the peninsula in the future; I'm sure there's so much more to see.
Frequent Q&A
1. Do you have a house in CA yet? No, we still don't.
2. Are you packing? No, I still need my towels and plates. When I do, I let you know.
3. Have you sold your house? Yes, details coming up.
4. Are you excited? No, I'm not. I'm very stressed out but in control.
5. When do you move? July 30th-31st (write it down)
