local find (and we're alive)!

in an attempt to explore our new city of south bend, i'm going to use this blog as a way to force myself to get out of the house (away from all the boxes) and navigate around our new grid.

but first! why not start in the town i feel most comfortable in? yep...that's right - we're back in athens. i mean we couldn't stay away for THAT long, could we? [well, in all honesty, as part of the agreement with notre dame and beau's program, which will allow him to still get his degree, he is supposed to come back to athens  three tuesday's throughout the quarter for class, sooo i guess we were kinda forced to come back].
athens has TONS of cute little coffee shops, restaurants and boutiques lining court street, but the one i have been to most often is definitely brenen's (you might recognize the outside of their shop from this post). they have great coffee and specialty drinks (their vanilla chai is a-mazing), bagels and breakfast sandwiches, and a HUGE lunch menu...lots of veggie options (their  tomato bisque is fabulous). the entire place is has floor to ceiling windows, so it's an awesome place to pop-a-squat and get your work done [yes, they have free wireless]. i've spent many a-hour soaking up the sunlight through the inside of their cafe...the owner even knows my name...

on  a side note, beau and i are alive! this is the first time i've had contact with the outside world since friday, so i'm trying to get as much in as possible before we drive back to south bend tonight...back to no internet and no 'real' tv.

the move was successful. my dad and beau did a bunch of work on thursday - picked up the truck and moved a bunch of boxes to the garage. then, those two heavy-weight lifters, and our gracious, gracious neighbor, spent six hours loading the 26' truck on friday. woke up at 6am saturday and drove six hours to south bend, spent four hours unloading the truck (with the help of beau's uncle and grandparents. yes...grandparents). and completely crashed that night. and crashed is probably an understatement.
it will take a few weeks to get our new home in order, but i'm up for the challenge :)

my sunshine

this is my beau.

he's my sunshine (my only sunshine). he seriously makes me happy...when? when skies are greyyyy [you like my singing?!]

last night we were driving back from dinner and i was thinking about everything we still need to do to move next weekend and totallllly stressing. we don't have a place to live yet, but we are packing up our house anyways?...to move it where?! i leaned over and gave beau a big hug [yes, as he was driving] and asked him "we're going to find a place, right?", he of course said "yes" and turned this song on, real loud, and we jammed the whole way home:

"we don't have to worry 'bout no money

to have us a real good time

and we don't have to leave in the morning

the whole day just you and i.

and it don't have to get any better

it's perfect you in my life.

we don't have to worry about no groceries,

we can fill up on love alone.

if we ain't got enough for a movie

we can just sit at home.

 quit your worrying baby,

quit your worrying girl.

you don't have to worry no more.

if you're cool, then i'm cool, then we're cool"

...and that is why i love him <3