Finished the bike trip, then packed up the pets and bikes and drove my loaded Toyota Celica across the desert to Long Beach.

Yay, I am finally here.  (Been here a couple of weeks, actually, but i'm finally de-traumatized enough that I can blog.)

Rob and I moved into a very small apartment in downtown long beach while we house hunt.  We so far have not have much luck; we've offered on several and got outbid.  we now have three offers on various houses that we're waiting to hear on.  One of them is only half a house, really; it's in the middle of a  major renovation.  It will be lovely when it's finished, if it's ever finished.  We would inherit some headache.  Another is an adorable Craftsman bungalow.  Kind of small, but oh-so charming and needs very little work.

The third is one we haven't actually seen inside; you have to make an offer to even see it. Ridiculous.

Oh, forgot about the fourth offer.  It's a backup on the house we REALLY wanted, but someone beat us to the punch.

We like downtown.  It's a bit rough around the edges; but we can walk everywhere--to the library, Walmart, the drug store, restaurants, the beach.  Also some great bike paths close by.  The weather has been mostly very nice (with a few hot afternoons).  No one here has a/c, so windows are left open all the time.

I am taking one yoga class at the senior center (stop laughing).  It's nice but not very challenging.  I am trying another class this week.  And, finally, I am getting back into writing!  I've been away from itg so long, I've almost forgotten how.  But I have an agent waiting to see some things so I have to get cracking.

That is all for now!

Kara