What is: things I do not miss about San Diego, California, Alex? The first one is the biggest one and I am sure happy to be rid of those silverfish. A good friend from my UC Irvine days just wrote me an email with a list of good things about living in France including wine, cheese, duck, rabbit, quality of life, progressive social policies, beautiful landscapes, villages, and cities. Of course we know this, but we are trying to adjust, and I think the weather may be the hardest adjustment. I' m sure come springtime when we get to go visit the Iris gardens at the Swiss castle and swim in Lake Geneva in the summer we will be so happy to be here. We have already been to see Denis's family 4 times since October not to mention the lovely visit with Aisling and her family from Ireland. Plus, I went sledding with the boys on Wednesday in our own backyard. Etienne loved it, and I even convinced him to carry the sled back up the hill after awhile. Xavier was more in the "stand back and watch" mode. I tried to put him on the sled with me and with Etienne, but he was not interested.
This morning we drove Denis to the airport for a conference in Germany on snowy, icy roads and I had to drive back with Etienne throwing a fit because he didn't get to say goodbye a third time. When we finally got home, I got a text from Denis saying flights were grounded and he might not get out today. He is currently waiting in a 2 hour line to cancel his ticket and find out about other options. These are the weather inconveniences that we forgot about. On the other hand, I have a nice fire going in the fireplace and the boys and I are treating ourselves to a pajama day watching Disney movies... well the Jungle Book is on but they are running around the house like wild animals.
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WE've had snow here too- Damien and Aoibheann made a snowman yesterday- Aoibheann is currently worried about snowman's longevity as there is a thaw on... he wasnt looking very healthy this morning. :)
ReplyDeleteSilverfish are so nasty. I'm glad you aren't living with them anymore.
ReplyDeleteWhen we first moved to Irvine we found all these little dead carcasses of shrimp-like bugs in the house. Weird and gross, but stopped when the lawn stopped being overwatered. Sounds like you got the fire-starting down pat! We enjoy our 2-3 fires a year we start here. (:
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