We moved to our new place in the suburbs, and it's nice to feel a bit settled after moving from sweet Oslo. Selling our apt. was a huge ordeal, as was moving our stuff, looking for a new job (John), and dealing with the myriad details that go along with an international move.
We spent 5-6 weeks in Kansas first, which was great fun, although we were on edge because we weren't sure what our next step was going to be. We decided to stay in Harlem, at the apt. of a friend, and did that for five weeks. We found our rescue hamster in a park there, and Chewie joined our family :)
Fast forward to today, November 8th 2012. Obama has been reelected, and we just experienced Hurricane Sandy. We lost power for 9 days. Brrrr! Chewie managed to escape from his cage during the blackout, and had to fend of Ricky the cat, who got a bite on his nose. The poor hamster managed to find Ricky's food in a distant room, run to the one room that was safe from the cat, and then stayed there and saved his own life. When we found him, his eyes were glued shut from dehydration and he was near death. We came home just in time. We had gone to stay by a friend who had power for a few days, and this was when Chewie decided to escape his cage.
We miss Norway, and are dealing with a bigger case of reverse culture shock than we expected.
Aidan is awesome and is learning to read at a speedy pace, and Daniel is funny and silly and although he doesn't talk much, he always gets his message across :)
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