Well, I'm wrapping up my first month of full-time "stay-at-home mom" status. Though I haven't worked (at a job) since we got here, Scott was home too so I never really felt like a "stay-at-home mom". The days have gone fast but it's hard to believe February is over.
Mostly I spend my days the same way. Get up, do some household chores, send Scott off to work, feed Adam and Castle, take a shower and start my day. I usually go for a walk with my mom and Adam, maybe run a few errands and then come home. Adam loves to go to the library (so do I) so we go there twice a week to check-out books and videos and play with their puzzles. Sometimes we have friends over or sometimes we go to a friend's house. While Adam naps, I write or work on projects and then we make dinner. It's actually pretty nice and I can't remember what it was like to go to work. Our house is clean, the laundry is done and I'm making a dent on projects. And Adam seems really happy to have my full attention.
I'm working on a new writing project on transplants. A transplant is someone who moved to ND from some other state. There's quite a few transplants in my group of friends. Their home-states include Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, Oregon, DC, Florida and California.
Well, today it's yucky outside. We've been on blizzard watch since yesterday but the storm is petering out. Folks up in the Grand Forks area (5 hours north-east of Bismarck) were hit hard with two feet of snow. I think we've gotten six or seven inches. We were supposed to get a foot, but that didn't happen. And come Sunday we should be on a warming trend with temps in the 40s. I'm amazed at how well I've handled the cold and snow. If you know me, you know that I hate being cold. Hate it! But, I've done really well at adjusting up here. There have only been a few times that I've been cold enough to complain about it but I really hate the dry skin and static electricity. I'm shocking myself all the time and no kidding I have dead skin falling off my legs and feet! Yuck! It's so dry up here that people walk around scratching their snake-skin. Spring is around the corner though, and I'm eager to see my tulips and hyacinths bloom.
