new book, new characters

as lucy, edmund, susan and peter waited for the train, they were magically drawn back to the land of narnia. however, they did not return where they left off. no, it's been over a thousand years in narnia since they left and all of the friends they made were long gone. where are the beavers? where is mr. tumnus? even their kingdom, cair paravel was left in ruins. it was again, a brand new world to explore and new friends to make. there was no real time to say goodbye to the beavers and mr. tumnus. they were quickly thrusted into a new world and new adventure.

that is how i feel at times. my last few days in seattle were fast and furious. so much had happened in the last few weeks in seattle and then it feels almost instantly that we were transported to south dakota with a whole new cast of characters to meet. no, mr. tumnus isn't here, nor are the beavers, and we miss our family and friends in seattle. However, we have been meeting trumpkins and reepicheeps here in south dakota, and they are proving to be faithful partners in the opening chapter of our new book. And needless to say, the same aslan is here as he was in seattle, and that is a comforting thought.

first cravings

man, I could go for some Chinese food like dim sum. I was in Fargo yesterday and thought about finding some for dinner but didn't want to go to some place that seemed rather stereotypica/borderline racist towards 'orientals'. oh well...I ate a lot of rice today.

busy

we've been busy this week setting up home. we've been unpacking, organizing and finding new spots for all of our stuff. i disassembled a lot of our furniture for the move here... now i have to put it all back together. so far none of the parts are missing, which is amazing to me.

we've also done a bit of traveling in the area. we went up to fargo to return the truck. we did some shopping. the sam's club up there has kikkoman shoyu, but we didn't find any japanese rice. we bought some long grain rice to see how that is and maybe use to stretch out our 50lbs of japanese rice we brought over...

yesterday we went to watertown. i got the oil changed on the mini-van (btw, i don't trust toyota of kirkland, where i got the mini-van), and it got the once over to make sure it was still doing good after the trip. afterward and after some additional shopping we had dinner at culvers. their food was pretty good. their frozen custard and lemon ice were excellent. the frozen custard was pretty rich... i don't think it was good for my lactose intolerance, though.

today i go to fargo again to drop my mother-in-law off at the airport. i'll have to see what else there is to do in fargo before i head home.