Catching up

It's been close to a year since my last post.  Clearly, I'm not much of a blogger!

So what's happened since my last post? Oh yeah, I moved back in February (yes, again) to Redmond, WA which is on the east side of Lake Washington (Seattle is west side for my out of town readers). I love it here.  Since moving to Washington, I was never a huge fan of living in downtown Seattle but Mike and I had agreed that we would give it two years to live where he wants to live, and two years to live where I want to live and then decide from there, where we want to finally settle down.  I feel like we are getting a good feel of the areas that we are considering moving to.  The east side is more suburban, quiet, and a little more family friendly in my opinion.  It's also less expensive than the downtown Seattle area. Seattle has its perks too of course! The ability to walk outside and have a number of restaurants not only less than half a mile but right under your apartment building.  I truly miss my favorite sushi spot.  It's been awhile since I've gone but we try to make it a point to at least go once a month which is good.  I used to go three times a week and that kind of food is not so good for your waistline! The commute into Seattle from here isn't bad at all.  By car, it takes anywhere from 15-30 minutes (Could be longer in rush hour but that's the same for any place I would think), and by bus around 45 min or so.

Mike and I do like the fact that we can skip driving altogether into the city due to the fact that public transit is not only convenient, but also the recommended way to travel to alleviate some of the traffic stress. Living out here has also helped me to break through some of the anxiety I experienced living in downtown with regards to driving.  Living in such a walkable city, you seldom had to drive so I suppose I just lost my touch and stopped being comfortable with it.  The traffic there is so overwhelming and I still won't drive into the city.  I'm not at all comfortable with the big merging but I'm learning some reroutes that I can take to help me feel a little better about it.  I am driving more.  Since moving to Redmond, for the most part I've fully taken over driving to places (except Seattle).  I've driven north as well as south and I overall feel comfortable here, mostly because the traffic isn't as horrendous as it is as you approach the downtown exits of the freeway.

We managed to snag a beautiful two bedroom/two bathroom apartment! Not only is it gorgeous, but it's also brand new as in we are the first people ever to live here.  In fact, we were the second to move into the building which is awesome.  We got to meet almost all of our neighbors as they move in and it just feels nice to get to know everyone.  Almost like a giant family.  It also helps that the leasing team hosts breakfasts, and pizza parties and things like that for the residents and we get to meet everyone and reconnect with those we've already met.  There's talk of a wine tasting party.  I am certain that will draw a nice little crowd as I've learned that we have quite a few wine enthusiasts living in the building.  I love wine myself so it should be a fun time.

No new information on the baby front.  We had a few set backs but we are getting back on track.  I go in for more testing and stuff July 6th or somewhere around that date.  I decided to leave Pacific Northwest Fertility and find a doctor on this side because once treatments start, I'm having to go back and forth to the doctor daily for ultrasounds and it just got expensive and tiresome to have to bus in everyday and walk up/cab up giant hills. I knew that when I was pregnant, tackling those hills would not be an option and again, cabbing over time gets pretty expensive.  The doctor I found here is about seven miles from my apartment and just outside of downtown Bellevue. It's pretty much one road all the way there.  Very easy to get to by car or by bus and absolutely no hills!

Anyway, I guess that's a good enough update for now.  It's 10am and I think it's time to wake Mike up! Until next time... :)