Moving and Shaking

My days in San Diego are coming to a close. I can't believe we are moving in only 13 days! I've packed 4 boxes. Our goal is to get rid of as much stuff as possible before we actually leave, and so everything went up on Craigslist this week. I'm fascinated by Craigslist and the people who shop there. We sold a futon for $150. The guy came, paid and took the futon. Done. We sold two cheap side tables from Ikea for $5 each (they are $13 new). The lady drove 16 miles and then bargained them down to $3.50 each. I think she spent more money on gas driving over here than she saved. But I do love that people come to my house, take away my stuff and give me money. So while we wait for people come to take our stuff, I'm busy packing boxes and finding ways to get out of work for the rest of the year. I'm also trying to finish baby gifts for all of my spawning friends, and figuring out how to make dinners for two weeks with only the food in our cupboards. It's going to be a busy 13 days.

As for getting out of work, we discovered that a friend and I have both been scheduled for the same rotation these next two weeks. Since it is a notoriously slow rotation (for instance, I was at work for all of 2 hours this morning), I am working the first week and she is working the 2nd week, so we each get an extra week off. Take that extra week plus my two weeks vacation at the end of June and voila! Tracy gets 3 weeks off before starting fellowship! Mission accomplished.

Baby gifts... I'm knitting. I have lots of knitting to do as there are lots of babies being born. Gift #1 is almost done. It seems to be a never-ending project, but I guess that's what I get for trying to make a blanket. It's a very nice blanket though, if I do say so myself. And since the mom-to-be has already had a sneak preview of her gift, I can share it here:

Gift #2 was actually completed quite awhile ago, and has been waiting for the proper baby. And gift #3 will likely be completed on our upcoming road trip. They will be revealed in the coming months. I promise.

And the final task of our remaining time in San Diego--cook using only ingredients in the cupboards and freezer. This is defnitely a challenge. Last night's dinner was bean and cheese taquitos made with my famous homemade refried beans. As for the rest of the week, it will be a mystery. I can't actually remember what most of the things in the freezer are, so we will defrost them and then eat them, whatever they may be. It should keep things interesting.

We've had some out of town adventures the last few weekends: LA over Memorial Day and Phoenix last weekend for a friend's engagement party (the whole ceremony was in Vietnamese so we had no idea what was happening but it did end with lots and lots of delicious food, which made the 12 hours of driving well worth it!). We'll post pictures of that on the other blog shortly.