happy spring!
Posted
Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:49 AM
i am happy that it is spring, and the weather is gorgeous outside. too bad i am stuck inside at work. but i am excited that i have the entire weekend off, and i am only working till 10pm tonight. i think that it is pretty weird that i don't think that 10pm is late anymore. i can still go home and veg out on the couch and watch tv for awhile.
i am looking forward to a relaxing weekend. it has been awhile since i have done anything at a slower pace than the speed of light. tomorrow we are having an easter dinner with my aunt and uncle. this is the same aunt and uncle that we are moving in with at the end of june, when our lease is up. my aunt is making the main dish, and we are making a couple of sides. for sure, DH wants to make string beans, and i am thinking of pesto mashed potatoes b/c i love potatoes!
on sunday, we are going to have a little picnic with our friends and their 1 year old son. we are going to a park that i have never been too, and DH hasn't been to in over 20 years. there is a lake, so we are planning to walk around it, and perhaps we can dig up our frisbee and kites! that should be nice, especially since the weather is really beautiful at the moment. although, i just heard that it is supposed to start raining next week. i am ready to milk the sunshine as much as possible.
last night, DH and i went to relax in the spa after dinner. it was nice. we do this often. actually, it is one of our favorite things to do in the evening. and for us, the community spa represents a lot of great memories for us. we met our german and canadian friends at the spa almost 3 years ago. and although they all have gone back to their native countries, we are still pretty close...more so with the germans. all of our german friends flew to washington to be with us on our wedding day. that, more than anything, is what i loved about our wedding. we felt so loved by all these wonderful people, and honored that they would come so far for us. also, the spa represents our dreams in the making. DH and i always talk about our future adventures and goals while soaking in the hot tub. that is where we started our talk of marriage, where we realized that we had to make our move to new zealand a reality, and make plans for next week's dinners or finances, etc.
so, last night we started talking more seriously about how we are going to tackle packing for our move. we started really trying to make a mental list of what needed to be done first, what we needed to donate, what we needed to sell or dump. we also started thinking about all the places that we need to go, and things we need to do here in the states before we go...since we aren't planning to come back for at least 2 years. definitely, we are going to southern california a couple more times to store some stuff in my parents' garage, and visit with family. we will also go to disneyland once more...planned for april. we will go to whidbey island to visit his parents and grandparents, as well as our best friends who live in seattle. DH wants to visit arizona and the grand canyon, i want to walk across the golden gate bridge. i know, i lived in san francisco for over 5 years, and i have never done that. i wish i had time to visit my childhood friend in chicago, but i just don't know when that will ever happen. we were both supposed to go to germany this summer, but i think DH will probably go, and i will stay more local and catch up with friends here.
this is how my mind has been running for a while now. there is so much to think about, worry about and do....i am finding it hard to focus and get things done. i just get so overwhelmed thinking about this huge journey ahead. i am excited, ecstatic, anxious, and even sad. it is a roller coaster, for sure.
anyhoo, we are expecting to be assigned an immigration officer in about 2 months...and then there is 2-4 more months of waiting after that. so, we are still feeling absolutely optimistic. but really, we will still be moving there whether we have the super duper visa that we are applying for or just a more temporary one. so, i guess there isn't too much to fret over in that department.
have a wonderful easter, and happy spring! take care.