Settling in Asheville, by Laura

I was looking at pictures this morning from the last 4 months. I can't believe that we've been moving around for that long. It's been a great journey! I can say that I'm excited to be settling in our own space. It's been nice to travel, but we've been staying with friends and family, taking up room in their houses, and never having a place to call our own, besides Jeff's 2 person tent...which we haven't had the pleasure of using in awhile!

We have found a home in Asheville, NC. It's nestled in the trees, in the mountains of North Carolina. It's a moderate-sized city, compared to where we came from (Nome,) but I think it will offer some exciting opportunities, hopefully. Jeff already has a job at the YMCA. He's hoping to find something in the school system, but jumped at the chance to work with kids for now, as the Wellness Coordinator of afterschool programs. Then when something opens up in the school system, he will look into that later next year. I'm still looking around, and hoping to hear back from WCQS, the local NPR station.

(This is a view from the Blue Ridge Parkway, just a 10 minute drive up the mountain from our house!)

So here we are, feeling like adults...haha. I bought a car the other day, have my first loan!, and find myself scouring craigslist for furniture.

Jeff is the one who's getting old though! His 30th birthday is coming up, and we're going to head to Charlotte, NC to catch an Old Crow Medicine Show concert. Exciting! I'll have to post some pictures once we get into the house. We're waiting for the current tenants to move out before we can get in. Just a couple more weeks, and we can call it our home.