1. Doug graduating
2. Our wedding
3. Moving half way across the country
4. Doug starting his new job
5. Unpacking our new house
So now that I finally have time to take a breath, here are the details.
1. Dr. Douglas Stone graduated! (Self explanatory)
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2. Doug and I got married! (Also self explanatory)
3. It took us a few days but we managed to pack the U-Haul with all of our stuff, including 3 kayaks, 2 and a half bikes, one full set of hockey gear, and 4 hockey sticks.
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After 2 full days of driving (I should say, of Doug driving) we made it from Madison to Maryland, plus another full day to unload the truck. We set up a set of speakers and blasted an iPod to make it go faster, plus we got quite the weightlifting workout in!
4. The house we chose is a convenient 5 mile bike ride from the University.
On Friday, Doug's boss invited us out to lunch with him and his wife. Doug biked and I rollerbladed the 5 miles. It's a nice route, with some fun downhills (depending on which way you're going) as long as there aren't any cars coming of course :)
5. Unpacking is proving to be tedious (shocker, I know). While most of our stuff is still in boxes, we have a completely unpacked kitchen, complete with artwork by our favorite 5-year-old.
We also have a working TV so that we can watch the Navy football games, and a lovely family room floor on which we have played Ticket To Ride more than once (I'll win one of these times!). These small victories have come at the expense of endless hours of cleaning and disinfecting the house (the kitchen and bathrooms were a little scary when we first got here). Also, apart from having a space to air out and store my hockey gear, Doug has full claim over the basement. This is due to the fact that he has had to kill multiple different types of bugs down there, all of which I have never seen before. I guess that's one way to remind me that we're not in Minnesota anymore! Well that, and the lack of garages :)
