Spring Update

(This started as an email to Katie, but then it seemed so full of information that I figured I should blog it on here instead.)

Things are okay, I suppose. Andrew seems to be really enjoying his work. They seem to have really taken a shine to him lately. I think he's had two sort of promotions since August. No raises yet, but I can tell it really has helped build his confidence from going from academia to industry. 

Amelia's doing well also. She has a very strong personality and is literally the smartest dog I've ever had. It's amazing. She loves to eat dried up dead worms and the dust the carpenter bees leave on the porch. She also loves to eat wild mushrooms. I should be concerned, but I seem to just shrug my shoulders at her more than anything else. It's only one particular type of mushroom and she hasn't shown any sign of sickness in the months that she's been eating them so she's all good. Haha. If it wasn't for stupid pet deposits, we'd totally get her a kitten. 

The weather this Spring has been wonderful here. Warm, but not humid. . . sunny and flowers everywhere. Spring is about three weeks earlier here than at Mom's in Virginia which is usually about a month earlier than Wales, so we've had a nice long season so far. I've been trying to enjoy it before all of the unbearable heat and humidity comes in a few weeks time. Ick. 

Looks like we're gonna renew the lease on this house for another year. We had wanted to buy, but Andrew needs to build up some credit here. I have really great credit and no income and he has no credit and all of our income. It would be hard to get a mortgage for those reasons. Stupid, but true. On top of that, we've almost been here 10 months! That means we need to let our landlords know in a few weeks if we're staying or going. Crazy. It all feels too rushed so we'll just throw another years worth of rent down the pan and move on from there. We like the house we're in though, so it's not all bad. :)

My garden is coming up pretty well. I've set up some raised beds and they seem to like this warm sunny weather a lot! I've got a few different different types of tomatoes, some heirloom, some organic. I have an heirloom "Yellow Moon and Stars" watermelon as well as some zucchini, yellow squash, lemon cucumber and okra. I'm also growing snap peas and radishes. 

Anyway, it's been quiet. I'm still looking for the right job. There are more jobs here than around Mom's, but there are even more people. It's been discouraging, but mostly it just makes me restless. I'm not one who likes to be idle or feeling like my skills are being wasted. Maybe soon though. 

The House of Triplett Aubrey

Since having moved to the Atlanta Metro area over six months ago, I've been really trying hard to stay balanced and not fall into a typical Triplett depression. All the while I feel like my life has taken a sudden leap over a puddle, across the top of two city roofs and over a tight wire as a flock of Starlings swooped by. Luckily, in my ridiculous mind, I've made sure I was wearing a pair of rather flexible, non-distracting plimsolls that have helped me to stay on top of this huge change in life. I may or may not have had an umbrella as well.

Andrew seems to have been making the same crazy leaps and dodges as I have. This may the first time in our twelve year relationship that I feel like we've been balancing together rather than separately. We certainly haven't been going through the same challenges, but settling into Atlanta has been pretty similar for the both of us. It's nice to finally have something that we both share. It's nice to feel like we can relate when often our personalities tend to be so incredibly incompatible. Sometimes I wonder if it will be when I'm 80 years old before I understand why God put us together. There's something that always pulls us despite the fact that we really don't seem like we should belong. It's always been as though God tied a string to keep us attached while Life constantly tries to snap it apart. In the long run, Life is human, Life is mortality. God is everything. God is Life. God is more than Life.

It is in this thought, and the fact that we are now both quite far away from our families, that I have decided to create a blog documenting our new life together as spouses, as cohabitants, as a family and most especially through the trials and triumphs of being best friends.

Love,
Taylor Kate