A House Full of Germans

After a whole lot of drama, rain, and a new roof, Matthias and I signed on the dotted line and, as of April 17th, own a home! We are now living in Burke, Virginia.

The past week has been a little crazy! We spent that Friday moving in a few things, fixing very leaky faucets, and cleaning to make the house a little bit livable. We moved Matthias things into the house on Saturday and several more days cleaning, moving things around, and unpacking boxes. On Wednesday evening my parents arrived for the weekend to help us with appointments so we didn't have to miss too much work. That same night 3 interns arrived from Germany. They are staying with us until they find a place to live while working with Matthias for a year. Saturday was move #2 to move my stuff into the new place. We had a lot of help from Vickie and David, Kyra, Alicia, Cathy, and Colin. We were also grateful to have the German students with us, as they were somewhat willing to carry stuff into the house. Yesterday Matthias gave them power tools and let them assemble his office furniture. It was like listening to the German version of "tool time" in the house!

There's a lot of work to do in the house. From replacing a 20-something year-old very poorly maintained heat pump, to replacing just about every faucet in the house, to new appliances, and quite a bit of electrical work. We'll be busy for awhile!

Eruption!

I'll interrupt the moving and wedding posts to mention that a volcano on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos, one of the stop of my tour a year ago, is erupting!

http://www.gct.org/apr09_3.html