Back in the day...

Remember back in the day when Dan was interviewing for jobs out here? He interviewed with Company #3? Well - the lady he interviewed with really liked him, but didn't have a position for him right then. Last night we went and looked at a rental house - and it was hers! she said in her email after we realized the connection, that she really thought he was a nice guy. So - they have invited us to dinner even if we don't rent their place. Nice!
They have an almost five month old son.

We went to dinner with Joanna the other night - it was sooo nice to see her, and even nicer knowing that when she left it wouldn't be the last time I'd see for a year or two. :) Julia just loves her. She's mentioned a couple of times since then that she likes Joanna. Her Dad called me - Mr. Him - and welcomed me to town and told me how excited he was (and his wife - Birthday Buddy) that we were living in Maine. Isn't that nice?

Most of your emails ask how it is to be living the dream. Well - we are and we aren't... right now I could be in Anyplace, USA from the looks of it. I'm hotel bound during the day so that Dan can drive into work. He needs the van so that if he has to run out during the day he can. There isn't anything to do within walking distance of here... so our hotel looks like any hotel just about anywhere. We do have a pool so once a day we go swimming.

Sunday we went to the Portland Head Light - and that was fun. The girls had a blast playing at the park. Real grass! Yesterday we drove out to Falmouth to look at a possible rental house (in an awesome location!!! a block from the bay - but scary house) and that was kind of Maine like. Water and sailboats and beautiful stuff. Then we drove to New Gloucester to look at the other rental house - which is a real possiblity but Dan isn't sure he wants to commute that far. It was a 2800 sq ft. historical home - built in 1797. It was gorgeous and very well maintained. dan's other concern is that we'd have to spend a lot of time nad money to "Anna" proof the house and property. The drive out there was amazing - gorgeous mountains and farms. Very Maine. Other than those two times, I feel like I could be anywhere.

I hope we can find a rental soon - and that it begins feeling like home.

Oh - and our house back in AZ has had 2 people sort of interested in it. The A/C is broken and the A/C company is being a jerk about repairing it (even thought it's the same thing that was wrong this winter - it's an HVAC unit)... and the water was shut off because of a confusion on my part on the electronic payment I sent. CRAP. Hopefully those things will be resolved soon - and the house will sell - we'll have the money for a great rental and can get out of the hotel, oh - and get that 2nd car. We're looking into getting a used (as in very used) Subaru or some other sort of small 4WD vehicle.

So - that's about it for us here. Not much going on. After 3 weeks of constant business - this change of pace is a bit drastic. Beautiful - but drastic.

Oh - did I mention the humidity rained out - and its a gorgeous 75 degrees now! Take that 115 degree Phoenix... with your haboobs!