I’m currently hanging in Btown while Phil is living in Chicago on Jared and Karen’s couch. Most of May was spent freaking out over rental properties, getting things organized at work, packing, and I dont even know what else. Its kind of a blur. Lets see if I can recall anything….
In early May, Phil and I worked on closing out things at work. I am actually staying on as a ‘casual’ employee which means I am no longer faculty, but can still work on and bill for ongoing projects. Im glad to have some continuity in my career, and I enjoy my work, but am a little stressed out on how im going to get things (anything?) done without childcare for the next few months.
We finalized a rental house on May 20th after 3 weeks of looking. Our buddy Brian is a realtor in Chicago and was basically our savior throughout the whole process. Since Phil and I were way to busy to actually go SEE any of the houses, Brian just did everything for us. I really dont know how we are going to repay him. He found us a great place and I’m so so thankful to have a house! But the rental isnt available until June 16th. So Phil is crashing with friends for a few weeks. And I’ll stay in Bloomington switching between the grandparents houses.
My last day in the office was May 15th. Then I spent the week packing. Phils last day was the 23rd. We were already planning on going to a wedding in Indiana over memorial day – so we packed up the essentials: kids, dog, clothes – and went to say with the grandparents. But we didnt get nearly enough done before we left – so both Phil and I flew back to Baltimore for a few days and then met with the movers on the 28th. It was the longest we spent away from the kids together – I just wish it was for a vacation, rather than packing! But we got everything done and drove back to Bloomington overnight in time for Evie’s birthday.
So yeah – Right now Wi land Evie are loving spending time at both grandparents houses. My sister and her family were even here for a bit – and the cousins stayed at Mimi and PopPops – so all 4 cousins got to hang out for 5 days. Then my parents went up to MI to meet Phil and Maggie’s new baby, Cole! The 5th Watkins grandchild! He is seriously the most precious thing ever. Phil is coming down on the weekends to see the kids, and we’re just going day by day until we hear when the movers can get our stuff to Chicago. Currently our move-in window is June 22th-June 26th. Until we get the call from the movers – we’re just hanging out in Btown!
Here are some shots of our last weeks in Baltimore – I’ll have more posts of our adventures in Bloomington in the coming weeks.
Woznation 
Leave a Reply