10.26.07
Hooray!
The smoke hasn’t cleared, but there are two pieces of news that just can’t wait.
First off, Cristina finally finished that project she was working on…well, I guess finished isn’t the word…I hear these mini-people need a lot of work even after a 40 week incubation period.
I thought I’d post just the first pic, but upon opening these up for trimming and resizing, I realized that the look Peter had moved onto Cristina’s face and hers moved to his, which I thought was really cool couple phenomenon.
Check it out:
7 lbs, 9 oz. and 20 inches long and all fabulous new human being.
Yay!
Welcome to the planet!
(okay, welcome to the planet outside of the inside of Cristina ;)).Okay, and my big news which is relatively minor (hehheh, that’s kind of a pun) compared to the creation, formation, and successful delivery of a new person…
Grammy, if you’re reading this, STOP NOW. We’re going to take you out to a lovely dinner at Chez Loma before we tell you this. We love you. We want to break it gently over spinach and duck bacon salad and filet mignon and a mellow but robust red.
…but we FINALLY got our transfer out of here!
I do love San Diego.
But the city has changed since I first fell in love with it as a teenager, and I’ve changed too.
(Long story short: I grew up here, went away to boarding school in a foggy northern California town, finished high school spending nearly every day surfing in Coronado [it’s the O.C. of San Diego ;)], worked and saved two years through community college and got a transfer to CSU Sacramento where I thought I could afford to pay for college and eat and still pay for rent [$350 for a 1 bd/1ba w hdwd flrs! (in the ghetto where everything you have that you don’t watch all the time gets stolen! who knew?)] and while the college thing didn’t work out, at the job I found the most fabulous man…)
When we looked at moving back here, the houses were at least somewhat affordable (at least to our then-Bay Area eyes) and my Mom lived here and my Dad lived here and since we spent half of our vacations driving south to visit his parents and the other half my parents we thought we’d live somewhere next to one set of them and save time and since my parents lived in the prettiest part of California…;)
But my Mom has since passed away and my Dad lives much of the year in Arizona, and we can’t afford the land we want with the commute we want with the house we want on it …and truth is, San Diego’s changed.
We’ve changed.
We put in for a transfer six months after we got here.
That was over four years ago.
My Mom was talking about getting a place where we were going to be and we were paying special attention to properties with “in-law units” (heheh) or guest cottages etc. on it but nothing was going to happen until the state gov’t coughed up a transfer to one of our top four.
And thanks to a bunch of lazy-state-teat-sucking-dishonest-corrupt pigs and the bureaucratic justice so slowly visited upon them…we have a transfer!
To what was in our hearts our number one but on the transfer list our number two! Whheeeee! That’s the shizzle, yo!
Yay Yreka!
It’s not on the coast, but it’s less expensive than Eureka (our #1) and has a biodiesel coöp nearby. Also Mt. Shasta. And Ashland, Oregon.
Space to stretch out, space to be, space for us and our little family. I’ll finally get to use my snowshoes!
Frankly, we’ve been waiting so long, hoping so long, putting things off & wondering & waiting for so long, it’s kind of hard to believe.
Imagine living your life in three month increments, planning your life in trimesters. And you’ll know why on the one hand, for our friends, I am so excited by their new little futures, and, why I am hesitant and reticent and hoping for the best, come what may.
It’s hard to plan your life that way, but wow, am I looking forward to that new place.
Inky said,
October 27, 2007 at 3:47 am
Glad to hear the smoke is clearing on my lovely San Diego. But yes, it’s very different and I was only there ten years!
Congrats on your upcoming move - Yreka - that’s about as northern cali as you can get, but I think it’ll be great for you guys. Moving was the best thing we ever did and our lives are betterfor it in many ways!
melissa said,
October 27, 2007 at 5:27 am
Congratulations! But, when I am ready to buy more fiber, it will be sort of hard to come to your house and choose it!! I finally finished spinning the morrit (sp?) fiber I bought from you last year and am nearly finished knitting it into a vest. I’ll send you a picture. I’m envious that you are escaping this lovely/awful city. I’ll have to wait for our daughter to settle somewhere after Chiropractic college and my husband’s retirement before I can escape. Thank you, again, for your very generous and fun help last year when I got started spinning. Fondly, Melissa in El Cajon-which-barely-exists-when-it-comes-to-fire-coverage
Cathy said,
October 27, 2007 at 8:23 am
You’ve waited so long for this transfer, Congratulations. New chapters and all that but D#%@ we’re going to miss you!
Teresa said,
October 27, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Wow — huge move! Sounds like you’re ready and eager for the change. It’ll be much better sweater weather! Best wishes in your transition — please keep blogging and selling!
LoriO said,
October 27, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Yay for you! Even though I’m sad it’s not Sacramento. But, if I ever go visit my sister in Medford, I’ll have to stop and say hi in person. So pretty up there.
It’s not far from Ashland, and they have a great yarn store, and no sales tax. I love Ashland. I’d love to live there some day.
Sacramento has changed a lot, and so has the Bay Area. It’s great that you’re getting a fresh start some place new.
Brooke said,
October 27, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Wow! That’s great. You are going to kinda be in my neck of the woods. Sort of. I’m sure that it feels great to finally know where you will be living. What a load off and so exciting.
Michelle said,
October 29, 2007 at 5:45 am
Congrats on the transfer, will there be fir trees and redwoods where you’re going?
Mary-Kay said,
October 29, 2007 at 8:12 am
WOW!!!! Huge news. I’m very excited for you two. For some reason I feel really sad that you won’t be in San Diego, I know, I don’t live there anymore. But when I do come, I can’t meet up with you! I will miss you so badly! Maybe we can meet up at some fiber events, or retreats, or something. Sheesh! I know the girls will all miss you badly as well.
BUT, you will have SUCH a great time, and I don’t know how this is possible, but you two will become even closer. It really works like that. I can’t wait to see your new place.
elizabeth said,
October 29, 2007 at 9:11 am
Oh how wonderful! Look at all that beautiful snow! We’re dreaming of moving north too, where there are actual seasons and less traffic, but will have to wait at least 8 years. Congratulations!
Terri said,
October 29, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Wendy, congrats on the long-awaited tranfer. Finally! I love when we transfer, new places, things to do, etc. [And the RCMP pay for the whole shot - movers to come in and do it all, pack, load, and unload and unpack at the other end - the only way to go!]
Snow! Snowshoeing!! Fun!!!
Heidi said,
October 29, 2007 at 2:34 pm
What? I have to read about this on your blog!? In fact, Lionel read it first and then called me! Congratu-effin-lations! Boy are we going to come and visit you as often as we can!
This calls for a party.
Nancy said,
November 4, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Wow huge news! We need to hang out much as we can before you fly away.
loriz said,
November 5, 2007 at 8:22 pm
I can see how living in this part of the country isn’t right for most. My husband often asked me if I’m done my ph.d. yet so that we can get the hell out. Soon baby, soon.
Cristina said,
November 21, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Well, I’m finally getting around to catching up with your blog. I can’t believe you’re moving….but I’m very happy for you. We sure will miss you (especially Luna :).
Those photos of us crack me up. We have two posed wedding photos of us and the same thing happened with our smiles. Clearly we need to get our act together ;P