We’re Moving
In order to consolidate all the information-giving to our well-wishers in one place, read on.
We are moving to a sweet townhouse in the Garden Court community off Hydraulic Road which is near the split between Hydraulic and West Rio Road. The address is Charlottesville, Virginia though it’s technically in Albemarle County. We met yesterday with the current renters who are leaving their lease early (ends in July) in order to downsize costs, and the owner who is an investor/realtor. We all signed the sublease, it was a little comical sending 5 copies around collecting signatures, and initialed the lease where we added “wear and tear damages” after doing a walk through. We got the chance to check it out more closely and see how to care, well, how to tell the owner if anything is wrong. I still love it. The light and space is great. We even have a working fireplace and space for a tiny garden in the tiny backyard. We bought patio furniture from one of the renters for cheap (I suppose $25 is cheap compared to his original price) and the other threw in deck chairs for free.
Thankfully most of our belongings are in boxes. Yet again, we are reorganizing and repacking better. We’re also Freecycling some stuff we don’t need/want. On Saturday, December 6 (yes, it’s Sara Ellen’s 3rd birthday), Tim, his father, and myself are putting almost all our stuff in a rental trailer and dad-in-law’s Suburban and driving down early. We’ll unpack, hopefully with the help of my friend and her husband. They live in Lynchburg so we’ll be so much closer! I’m really excited about that but of course sad to be further from local friends. We three will return home the same day and probably still have time to share with our birthday girl.
Tim is taking a business trip the 9th – 13th. I am attending a Martha Graham Dance Company master class(!) at the Kennedy Center Monday and will see their performance with friends Tuesday. Sara Ellen will get her well-baby check up Tuesday and her 3 year old dental exam Wednesday. Then my plan is to drive to our new home and move in! I think she’ll be a big help unpacking, seriously. Tim, with the help of his father and step-mother will move in on Sunday.
We’re so excited to finally be taking this step. It’s been a while coming and we’re so ready. We will actually be back in Maryland the next weekend for a party, and perhaps some IKEA shopping but will spend our very own Christmas celebration in our new place. Just one quiet Christmas this year. We’ve requested and gift-givers send their gifts to be put under our tree and we will do the same.
We will happily reply with our new address to your email requests. The official change with the Post Office will be Dec. 10.
I am so happy for you and Tim and Sara Ellen
Matt and I had our first (out of 10 Christmases together- spent running to , literally, 4 different households on one day) quiet Christmas last year- it was long overdue, and it had such a different, yet wonderful feel to it – I hope you are able to have that same sense of both peace, and love, that we felt, this year when you celebrate your first quiet Christmas together
That fireplace is going to be magical, and it is so wonderful that you three were able to find a place you loved , so quickly! YAY!
If you need help with anything, just let me know, I would be happy to take that lovely drive down to help- you sound so busy! But all that activity will make rest and respite so much more meaningful, and all those plans sound like such a nice way to close your time spent in Maryland
On to the next chapter!
Thank you so much for your reminicense and offer. I may take you up on that.
I am more than happy to help ! – Email me with specifics and I will help with all those boxes! My car has a lot of room, so we can stuff it- need be!