Tuesday, August 16, 2016 DITL

[spryng]

It's been a while! We are officially moved out of the grand, arid state of Arizona and now live in Michigan as of last week. It's been an, uh, adventure!

I'm 8 months pregnant, working at home without central a/c, still have two cats, and my microbiologist wife just started her 2 year postdoc at MSU. Let's go!




Mornin'.



Open the window and turn on the fan.



Also open the front door to the porch.



First morning we've been under 80 degrees! Woo! Our new house doesn't have a/c and it has been a bit of a challenge.



Get some coffee and a little bread because omg hungry.



Check the emails and make sure the internet is still there. Spoiler: It is.



A wild Lady appears!



Cats give up on trying to convince us they should be fed and lounge.



After coffee is finished, I head out to the garage.



Small but significant garage gym.



I do a few lightweight movements to ease myself back into lifting. It's been uh, a while since I last lifted between weddings and moving and everything.



Back inside. Got a little darker with more rain.



Lady looks for breakfast.



I rinse off because humidity = all the sweat.



Feed the sharks cats.



One of our cats (see: above) has been having more trouble than the other adjusting to the new place, so it's something to see her up and out and looking around.



Breakfast is a peach omelette. Mmm, peaches. Apparently MI is really good for peaches? Who knew.



Time to take Lady to work.



Time check (and temp check [and weather check]).



Drop off the Lady.




Stop and grab a few groceries on the way back home.



Definitely didn't get a pastry. But it goes well with tea. :)



Then it's (finally) time to get to work. My job in AZ has let me stay on and work remotely, but it means working during their hours, which translates to 10am-7pm.



Although it's relatively cool this morning, it's muggy as all get-out, so I turn on the a/c. That water is from two hours of running.



Migrate to the couch for a while after an epic 3 hour meeting.



Kona has laid claim to the glider.



The PODs guy has come to take away our POD! Woo! We emptied it when it arrived on Thursday and it's been blocking our driveway all weekend. So glad to have it, but so glad to see it gone.



I take my lunch and check the mail. Ads. Woo.



Lunch is leftover pulled pork, some toasted sourdough, and a cut up carrot.



With time to spare, I pull on my shoes to escape the house on a walk. Hard being in one place all day.



Thankfully, there's a park only a few minutes away!



Green!



So green!



Obligatory walking bump photo.



I can't get over how green it is.



And the TREES. They're so BIG.



Aaand back.



... to work. My office is pretty dull, isn't it? Hopefully I can fix that soon.



A wild Lady appears and promptly takes a nap. Not pictured: picking her up from work, because I forgot my camera. Just reverse the drop-off photos above and it's pretty much the same. :)



More work and kombucha.




Lady helps update the grocery list.



I have a snack which basically becomes dinner.



Everybody's asleep but me.



FINALLY time to get off work. While I like starting at 10am, I really really dislike ending at 7. Blrgh.



This cat. Has not moved. All. Day.



Lady is awake, so we grab keys and shoes and head out.



And we acquire the kitchen island I'd ordered last week. For the nth time, I am pleased with our choice to buy a bigger car wot has a roof rack.



Some serious kitchen island pieces. They'll be unpacked the next day. And assembled eventually.



Lady has a sandwich for dinner.



I rinse off again because humidity ick.



Read a little bit.



And good night!

Comments

[lantairvlea.livejournal.com]

So much green...

That's cool your work is letting you continue remotely. Do you plan on finding something locally, keep where you are at, or take a break from all work when baby arrives?

We also have a little dry erase board for the grocery list. It works so well! Ours lives in the pantry instead of on the fridge.

I wish our thermometers were getting down to 71 right now...

[spryng.livejournal.com]

I plan on trying to keep the remote work until we move again, and then see where the company is at that point. The owners may or may not retire in the next two years. But they've promised I can have 3 months off for maternity leave, which is amazing, and having at-home work as a new mom will make things a bit easier, even if I have to get baby help during work hours.

71 is the coolest I've seen during the day and for some reason it's always at least 6-7 degrees warmer inside, even with all the windows open. Bless the portable a/c unit, for otherwise I would have killed someone by now.

[lantairvlea.livejournal.com]

That's pretty awesome of them!

Is there a way to get central air installed in the house or will you just have to make due? I can see the portable unit being a lifesaver! There's a reason we tried to time the boys to be born in winter/spring! I know it doesn't always work that way, but grateful it did! Those last few weeks were toasty ones for me.

[koyaaniisqatsi.livejournal.com]

Uggggggh, no AC? Sounds hellish. D: