Life in Limbo

At least we have a house to rent, a job for me to go to and schools for the boys to go to. Other than that it is pretty much life in limbo. Our belongings come in three phases: whatever we bring with us as luggage, an air shipment of 500 lbs (which sounds a fair amount but isn't really, especially for a family of 5) which takes about a week to arrive and thirdly, the big shipment that takes 6-8 weeks to show up.

We decided to send the air shipment a few days in advance of leaving the States so it would be ready not long after Jill and the boys arrived, but it really contains only the basics for living. In our case that means some clothes, air beds, of which more about later, sleeping bags and a profunctory level of pots, crockery, cutlery, toys, a travel iron and a pc.

It was initially fun for the boys; like camping indoors. It wasn't even initially fun for Jill or me.

We can't wait for the big shipment to arrive.

Arrival in UK

Yesterday, I landed in UK. The flight was delayed, I slept 30 mins, and it was cold and overcast when I emerged from the airport. The temperature in NY the day I left was about 90F, when I landed it was mid 60s F.

We are living in St Albans, to begin with we will rent again. We have a nice semi-detached that I had the briefest of looks around when I was here with George in June. It is not perfect but it does have a big family space and four bedrooms, and it close to town, schools, train station and park.

The Address: 10 Flora Grove, St. Albans, Herts, AL1 5ET.

Lake Morey

After the house had been packed up there was no reason to stay. We took a long weekend at Lake Morey, a resort in Vermont. It wasn't like some our of 'big' trips, like the ones to all the canyons or Yellowstone, but it was very good for what it was. We went kayaking, canoeing, cycling, played lots of ping pong, some tennis and thoroughly enjoyed some tubing action.