Guess what mom, we are still alive!

Mom has sworn for years that I don't know how to cook.  That always made Tom mad, because I love to cook if I don't have her standing over my shoulder telling me what to do all the time.  I just gave up. So, we have been living alone for 2 weeks now, and we are both still alive...and not hungry!  I do know how to cook!!!

Where have I been you ask???

Well, a lot has been happening in my life.  I can't go into detail for most of it, but has been VERY stressful to say the least. Tom and I are starting a new life together and working on issues that we have and trying to move on with our lives.  It is proving to be a good move for us, I feel.  But, it is a work in progress.

At first, we had decided to move to Kansas City to start this new life.  So, I got my resume out there and got a job with the 2nd interview I had.  Pretty good odds, I think.  We had a house lined up and put our notice in at work.  My boss cried (and so did I!!) but she accepted it and was happy for me.  She knows what is going on in my life and wanted the best for us.  Well, after some serious discussions, we decided that we really needed to stay here for several reasons.  I talked to my boss and she was very happy that I told her that I was going to stay...for now.  I told her a year but she is determined to make it last 2 decades!!  We will have to see about that. So, for now...I am still at OTSCON and Tom is unemployed. 

After calling both the folks who owned the house we were suppose to move into (sorry again Beth & Lucas) and the new job we started looking for a place to live.  We knew that we had to move from the house we were living in and to a new house.  So, after looking at one house, we found one that was right around the corner from mom and believe it or not Kris!!!  We have moved into Columbia and so far (only 2 weeks) love it.  We are learning what it is like to have neighbors (our neighbor happens to be the vice-president of OTSCON!), noise, and traffic.  We are so stoked about having high-speed Internet, cable, and pizza delivery!!  It doesn't take much to made old people happy.

Alayna is happy that we are staying in Columbia.  She has a room at our new house.  She stays here about 1/2 of the time.  She likes riding her bike here, but has not been here long enough to make any new friends.  We are in a different school district so she doesn't know any of them.

Mom is pretty happy living alone, but found out how lonely it is without someone to talk to everyday.  I think it will get better as time goes on, but it will take a little bit to get used to the quiet!

I guess that is enough update for now.