Overdue Update

Well, it's been almost a month since we last updated so it seems one is due. I kept meaning to post pictures and update but I guess I'll do that in two separate steps.

We have begun to move out of our place into the home we are watching until we leave for NY or NJ. The home comes with two great dogs, Bowie and Tilda who we call Bo and Tillie for short. Bow is a longer-haired black dog and Tillie is a big fuzzy white dog. I don't know breeds, but we'll get pictures up soon. The home we are watching is also nice and the ferrets are taking to it well.

In other news, we've had two weeks of garage sales and sold much of what we owned. Almost all the large furniture that we wanted to sell is gone, and we sold many smaller things too. Of course, we still have too much stuff from the perspective of having to box and move it all. Hanneke has been single-handedly leading the charge on boxing and preparing for our move, which is very helpful since I have spent a lot of time working to prepare for NYU stuff. Our old place looks strange now and, aside from going there to pack or meet people to sell items/furniture, we are never there. The fish tanks are empty and shut down, almost everything valuable has been moved out (e.g. computers, etc.), and there is little to no furniture to sit on.

In other news, I am apparently allergic to dogs. This has lead to a lot of Zyrtec, Claritin, and Benadryl, which makes me tired all the time. But the dogs are fun and I'm getting used to the tiredness. Neither Hanneke nor I are used to the dogs piling into bed when we try and sleep, though. Last night, both dogs beat me to bed, which meant I had basically no place to sleep. They eventually gave up some space and I fell asleep. Hanneke has very mixed feelings about the dogs sleeping in with us, but the dogs seem to value it (they slept with their owner too).

We are still moving things out of the old place, but it is getting more and more empty each day. We hope to be entirely out of it soon. This is a time of more and more change each day, and that will only continue into July and August. We'll keep you updated as it occurs. Pictures to follow "soon."