Things I'll miss

Things I'll miss in Pittsburgh:

The friends we made

Museums - science, children's and history mostly. The dinosaur bones and model train set were our favorites. 

JCC 

Walking to playgrounds and the bakery. 

ICAN ladies

Libraries

Maybe even the snow. Some of it some time. 

Blue slide park

Veggie dogs at Dee's

Matza soup from the deli

Whole foods (yes these are everywhere, but not 2miles, 30 now!)

Mom's group - weekly play times and the monthly

Target's covered parking

Pierogies 

Old buildings

What I won't miss

Traffic

Ticks

Not being able to bike

Humidity in the summer

Noise from traffic

The price and difficulty to buy beer

Lack of good pizza

Lack of good Mexican food

What I am not

I am not cut out to be a full time mom. I could fake it with Violet last fall. I had a gym with childcare 4 days a week, a library day and a moms group. Now with two, I struggle to make it out of the house between naps. I struggle to be nice and to be happy. I love my babies, but being with them always is making me not so nice. I also struggle to admit this and to ask for help. I look forward to returning to part time work and I know I will miss my littles, but I hope it helps all of us be nice and happy again. 

To those of you full timers, I salute you. 

Over 2 months

We've now been back here just over 2 months. 

We spent the last 10 days in Sunriver and had an amazing time. 

We also have big news! We get to stay in Oregon. Bob took a position at Western Oregon. Things are complicated, but he'll go back to pack our stuff at the end of the month. My job with the state may come back in temporary form and we have a renter in our house. Lots of changes to absorb but we are excited and relieved.