It is exciting to finally be here. We spent a year anticipating having a life together, to the point that the idea became almost an abstraction. The excitement is matched by some disorientation. I don't know my way around and the loss of all the things we usually take for granted but come with any move is accentuated by living in a new country.
Sarah has been very good to me, helping to get me quickly acclimated to life here. New items: cellphone (mobile for you Brits), new used car (as I mentioned before), driving lessons to go with the car (i.e. Sarah barking at me when I imperil her life), and a health club membership (so I don't get fat and lazy). Like a mother bird, she has quickly pushed me out of the nest, encouraging me to drive to this place or that even though I have felt tentative about the identical nature of every country road.
At home, Sarah has had a ritual with James each Friday which I have been able to join once or twice in the past when I've been over. Swimming at the health club and then pizza in front of a "DDD", as James used to call them. A sample of all the time we will all be able to spend together now.
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