One more solemn post

Why it is better than it was a few days ago:

• R is starting bar review classes tomorrow
  
• I bought 2 new pairs of capris, and (gasp) a pair of shorts
• M has his new brown sandals (thanks to generous grandparents :))
• M has been taking 12-hour nights and 3-hour naps: a better schedule than MI!
  
• I'm going to the Medicaid office today to apply
• I'm calling around for a car repair place to replace our back tires
• I just need a Wal-mart* trip for groceries and hangers (to make me feel super-duper accomplished)
• Jess took some amazing pics of M (and even a couple of M and me together), that shall be posted forthwith
• M liked the nursery in a new ward
  
• M went to the gym's day care today for 45 minutes without crying too hard for too long
  

So it's looking up my friends. I feel like I can just take this one day at a time and eventually settle into loving my new surroundings. (It helps to speculate with R about returning to MI with our kiddos someday for a football game, some cider mill adventuring, and even a trip down to Cedar Point.) (It also helps to think that come November of this year, we won't be gearing up for 5 months of winter. Sorry Ann Arborites :)) So, catch-22.

*Although I have a bit of a moral dilemma when it comes to evil Wal-mart it is overshadowed by our lack of fundage.