Well, it’s been almost two weeks and I’m finally starting to settle in. I found the public library yesterday, and while I was only allowed to check out two items, it was still a relief to know that a building full of books was close by and just waiting for me. I may just have to stop in again today to check out more than my initial two. I’m the kind of reader who likes to leave the library with a giant stack of books…
In getting settled in, I’ve been doing a bit of knitting as well. I quickly knit up this pair of baby socks so I can contribute something to Socktoberfest. I can’t believe I missed that this year – I usually love socktoberfest!

Click on the picture for the details, although they’re just a pair of basic baby socks.
And I also finished the baby sweater

Click on the picture for more details. I don’t think it will be very practical in North Carolina, but should be nice for when we visit family in Ohio and Michigan.
Nothing else too exciting to report. We may take a drive this weekend to see some North Carolina fall color. If we do, I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures. So I leave you with one last picture. It’s of me and my sister in law (I’m on the right) at the race shop where Jason now works. You can see I’m getting a bit of a belly!
Archive for October, 2007
Finally Settling In
October 26, 2007Hello from North Carolina
October 16, 2007No interesting post yet, but wanted to give a really quick update that we’re now in North Carolina
The move was very stressful, but we made it and are getting settled in. I will post again soon!
3 More Days
October 1, 2007of my job, and then I am free!! Currently I’m training my replacement, and while she is super-nice and seems very competent, I hate it. I’m the kind of person at this job that just likes to do my job quietly in my little cube and get things done. Training someone forces me to talk ALL day long. And you might think it’s like teaching, but believe me, training someone on the intricacies of an assistant position is nothing like teaching. BUT only 3 more days, including today. I feel like I’m counting down the hours, the minutes…
My sister complained that I haven’t updated my blog in a while, so here’s a post. The fact is, not much is going on. Tomorrow my pregnancy hits 13 weeks, the official last week of the first trimester, which is a huge relief. I’ve already found a new midwife/OB office for North Carolina, which is another relief. Other than those two things, I’m just mainly concerned with the move now. We have an apartment all lined up for the first year until we can get our house sold, and figure out exactly where we want to live.
Knitting wise, not too much going on. I’m knitting a baby sweater right now, which Jason immediately dubbed ugly. Sigh. Turns out his grandmother knit him lots of sweaters as a child (probably acrylic) so now he hates multicolored sweaters.
Here’s a progress picture:

I’m actually quite a bit further now, though ~ just one arm left to knit up. I’m using the Knitting Pure & Simple baby pullover pattern. I just love their patterns; nice and basic and mindless knitting. Exactly what I need right now!
Only 2 days and less than 3 hours left to go at this job…
Cravings this week: french fries dipped in a Wendy’s chocolate frosty, a milkshake from Cook Out (a North Carolina fast food place that I’ve never even eaten at but Jason keeps tempting me with… they have 30 flavors of milkshakes!)












