Our New Home

Greg probably got used to the fact that central VA was our new home in a matter of seconds. I'm still on the fence.  In the spirit of Rory Gilmore, I have thought about it in a pro/con kind of way.  A big pro is that we are now within a 1-2 hour drive of some pretty cool stuff.  For instance, late last week, Jessie texts me that they will be in Charlottesville for a Heritage Harvest Festival on Saturday, and could we come?  Well, yeah, because it is less than two hours away from our new home.  So we went, and we had a great time.  It was relatively cheap (free parking, tickets to the event for $20 total).  It was at Monticello, so the setting was absolutely beautiful.  There were free tastings of produce (Marianna and Greg stayed at the watermelon table way too long, Leah probably ate way too many tiny toothpick portions of tomatoes, and Kiley?  Instead of just taking one toothpicked green pepper piece, she took the whole cup.) 

We sat in a music tent where the kids could play all kinds of instruments, played in Thomas Jefferson's vegetable garden, and just had a really good time.  Driving back to Lynchburg, I just kept thinking to myself, "This is our life.  This is where we live.  This is okay."  It is nice to be able to do these sorts of things.  Though, on the con side of the list is of course, the distance from Greg's family.  Kiley misses everyone in Wise so much...she talks about Aunty Riss and Aunty Kar all the time, especially when she sees something sparkly or any shade of nail polish.  She makes lists of things she wants to get Autumn.  She talks about Pappa's cucumbers, which she hasn't had any of this year, and she brings me stuffed animals that desperately need Mimi's sewing needle.  When we talk about visiting, she talks about who she is going to visit, when, and for how long.  She is a planner.  Maybe someday she'll make pro and con lists about her new home.  For now, I'm still adjusting.