Our temporary, new normal...

This isn't the happiest of days, that's for sure.  Jude and I dropped Steve off at the airport this morning around 11.  That was hard.  He plans to visit within the next 2 months.  Being in the middle of the semester and him teaching 2 courses, on top of his research, it's going to be challenging to visit sooner.  If I knew he would be visiting sooner, this morning would've been easier.  OH WELL.  I've been saying that  a bunch lately.  'Oh well', 'be anxious for nothing', and 'I can't worry about this.'  Jude has taken Steve's leaving well so far.  I'm sure he will have a hard time tonight, at bed time.  All I can say is thank goodness for today's technology and FaceTime!  

Ok, I need to move on...we are settling in here. The home we are staying in is so lovely and the homeowner, Vickie is amazing and so very accommodating.  An adorable golden retriever, Rusty, lives here and Jude is in love with him!  I'm certain Rusty will be so comforting for Jude during our time here.   The ocean is about a mile walk from the house.  Jude has informed me that will be walking there everyday!  I look forward to it!  There's an awesome playground, park, dog park 3 houses away.  So many wonderful, beautiful opportunities for us.    

I'm only going to share a very little about brother and sister.  Brother is 2.5 and sister and 10 months.  We were able to meet them a couple days ago.  Jude, Steve and I had a couple hours to interact with them and get to know them a bit.  All I can say is they are precious.  We aren't sure when we get to visit with them again.  We'll know more in the next couple days.  Praying everything goes smoothly and we can move forward very soon and quickly.    

It's raining, so I think a nap sounds like a great idea...