After a dozen people showed up Sunday, June 1, to help with move in, leaving us with a house full of boxes, most of which now live in the basement, I decided I was NOT going to leave the house until it was organized and box-free. And then I decided that was just a stupid decision. 

Monday night, we walked to dinner at Brigham’s, right down the trail from our house.

Tuesday, my mother, niece, and nephew hijacked the girls and me, and we did lunch at an awesome li’l Greek diner on Mass Ave in Arlington, followed by food shopping in nearby Burlington.

Wednesday, friends invited us over to their house for dinner in Natick, followed by playing Rockband. It was my first Rockband experience, and I must say that I rock at singing. It said so right there on the game console. I rocked it at 98% my first try! So, evidently, I rock. On the way home from Natick, we stopped by another friend’s house to pick up some of the husband’s stuff and played more Rockband. I rocked more. And I must also brag on my man’s SWEET drumming skillz. Oh, yes, he has skillz.

Thursday, we had a Boston adventure, negotiating the bus and subway transit with kids with something akin to aplomb. We walked around a bit, got coffee and comic books, and managed not to get lost thanks to Allen’s mad mass transit knowledge. Although, next time I will bring my sling for Laurel, as she’s smallish and apt to be trampled in the 5-o’clock rush to get home. I held her the entire way on a crowded, standing-room-only subway. Not very comfortable.

Friday, my mom took the kids and me to Rainforest Cafe in Burlington Mall for lunch. The lunch experience was awesome for little kids, and mine were enchanted with the decor, the fish, the animatronic elephants, the volcano (towering structure of brownie, ice cream, and chocolate sauce that was teh yum!). And in the evening, I joined a few friends (and a roomful of people I don’t know yet) for some folk singing and got some me time.

Saturday, we spent an incredibly easygoing, lazy day in Maine at our friends’ lake house, swimming, boating, relaxing, and sunning ourselves. 

And Sunday we returned from our Maine trip and finally discovered that there is a floor in the bedroom/office under all those boxes! We now have a functional bedroom/office!

Altogether not a bad week!

This week, I’ve found the local swimming spot and watched my kids play in the water for 2 straight hours; watched a matinee with the kids when the temps soared near 100 degrees; got lost on the way to a friend’s house in Melrose; helped out another friend who needed emergency last-minute childcare for a few hours in Ashland (and got a close look at the traffic challenge in both directions!); got lost in Medford looking for a store; walked to my first doctor’s appointment; and may have landed a new part-time, writing-from-home gig from a former employer.

Lots of challenges remain, but I’m making the transition with little stress and, of course, a huge appetite for MORE interaction with friends. And now to convince the best friend in North Carolina that she needs to move near me, get my stupid dog back (*sigh* — I miss her), create a portal linking Florida and Alabama family so that they are nearer,  and then life will be damn-near perfect *knocking on wood*.

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