Yankee Doodle Dandy.....

We have arrived!

Doug and I have spent our first week here in Pennsylvania. We drove up on Sunday, May 31st, along with my in-laws and my brother (and his family). The drive up was not bad, minus the cat jumping on the dashboard in front of me, she rode the rest of the way in the carrier. It went pretty quickly, I recommend listening to audio books on long drives, it makes the time go faster. It was great to have some family with us for our first few days in PA. They got to see our new place and some of the sites around the city and country side.

Once the family left, on Tuesday, we made the rest of the week pretty productive. We got PA car insurance, new drivers license, and my tag changed on my car. I guess it is official, I am a PA resident, no longer a North Carolinian. We also spent a lot of time driving around, getting to know the area and looking for houses for sale. The duplex we live in, in town, is a temporary stop until we buy a house. It's weird living in the city like this, you only have to walk down three steps out my front door and you are on the sidewalk. There is also a lot traffic on our road. I think people like using our road to avoid all the stop lights on main street. We are only two blocks off main street, aka King Street. It will be nice once we buy a house to get out of the city, where things are a little more quiet. One thing we have to get use to in the mean time is that the trash man comes in the middle of the night on Sundays. When I say middle of the night, they came around 3 am last night! I am glad they only come once a week since it is not something I can sleep through. Who know trash trucks were so loud?

For the most part week one felt a lot like a vacation. Neither one of us working, and no where in particular to be. Today marks my first day as a temporary stay at home wife. Doug started work today, so I have been entertaining my self all alone. It's kind of weird. I am used to Doug having time off during the summers where I would go to work while Doug stayed home. So that will take some getting used to. I say it is a temporary stay at home because once I get back from NC at the beginning on July I have to get a job. The sooner I get a job the sooner we can buy a house, since we need money. In the meantime, it will be nice to not have a clock to punch everyday.

Ps. I have put some pics of our place up on facebook and will try to get pictures uploaded to flickr soon! Stay tuned for more on our adventure in Pennsylvania!