18 October 2008

upon returning north

Well, friends, as you may already know, we are back in the northeast. We have moved into our apartment in Binghamton, and we're starting to settle into it.....but we have not yet settled into a routine.

Eric will start trainings for his job with Youth Advocate Programs during the first week of November. I have started doing some online algebra tutoring with Tutor.com, but this is only (hopefully!) a temporary situation because I really want to get back into a public library.

In some ways it's good to be back, and in some ways it's not. It's good to see friends and family and to have more options when it comes to being earth-friendly. I still have mixed feelings, though, about living in a city. I've never paid attention much when Eric was driving us back and forth between meetings and social gatherings before, but now I'm going to have to learn how to navigate the streets and avenues and bridges and parkways and giant shopping centers. Yikes.

Here are some things that I forgot about living in this area while we were in Kentucky:
- The autumn here is beautiful.
- Wegman's is awesome.
- I love recycling.
- It's stinking COLD here!
- We are on the go a lot.
- It's nice to have a cell phone.
- We have a LOT of stuff.

We hope to continue with this blog...we will see what direction it goes!

4 comments:

joan s s said...

Welcome back to New York!! I still have to think about rivers and bridges when I travel around Broome County! Good to see Eric at the Maze and hope to see you soon,
Love, Joan

Jessica said...

hey guys, so glad to hear that you are settling in and that eric has found employment. there will always be a special place in my heart for New York State, and you guys are back just in time for a cold winter. congrats on the apt and all.
jessica

C and J said...

Glad to hear that you are back. Your family will be delighted to see you more often.

Lori said...

Kentucky misses you, but we are thankful for this past year with you and will look forward to seeing you again in the near future--who knows when?