Blogging From Charlottesville...

It's Saturday nighta and we are all tired. H is snoring in the hotel bed next to me, the kids are finally settled a bit and playing with toys....both of them have been acting like someone slipped them silly pills all weekend. We're in Charlottesville for a medical appointment for me. After a dissapointing visit with an Endocronologist in Va Beach I decided to go big or go home and come straight to UVA. I don't have the time or inclination to keep trying to convince someone that I'm too tired all of the time, that I can't loose weight and that anxiety leaves my body in chaos for weeks if not months. Anyways, the appointment was fine and I've got some testing to do over the next few weeks so we'll see...
Now, onto the fun part! We were so excited to be able to spend time with our nephew who is in his second year at UVA. My sister and brother-in-law came down to pick up D and bring him home for the weekend so we got to have dinner together and talk politics (our favorite topic of conversation!).
Today we spent over five hours with a realtor. As H and I come closer to his 20 year mark we find ourselves evaluating our options for retirement. This past cross country move we both came to the realization that we really like Charlottesville even though we had only been here one time each and separately to boot. We loved the college town feel here and also the mix in age groups and thought maybe this is a place we can settle down. So, for today we spent hours driving around getting a good idea of Albemarle County and a feel for the surrounding areas. In a perfect world, we would find some place to come on the weekends and eventually settle down after H's retirement from the Navy. In a realistic world we may only be able to afford some land and hopefully be able to build on it in 7-10 years. Either way, we felt like grown-ups today and love the thought of being able to walk out our front door and feel inspired by what we see. Right now we are dreaming of a place with wide open spaces........