Last night, we signed a lease through the end of June.  At that point they can decide if they'd still like to rent it to us, and we can see if we still want to stay.  Hurray!  We start moving in Wednesday.  I had a wonderful weekend, full of friends and excitement and beautiful weather.  It was in the 70s and sunny and had that humid spring feel.  Birds chirped, people smiled, the wind blew, people wore skirts and t-shirts.

Amber and I went to a potluck at someone from church's house.  It's the first time she's met anyone from there, but she totally fit in, and felt comfortable and laughed a lot.  These people must be quality-time or at least relaxed, because it went from 6:30 'til past 10, and there were good times to be had throughout.  I can't wait 'til our place is set up and we can host one!  Some summer day... And these people (from church) are amazing!  They are so generous and everything- letting us stay with them, cleaning up their places and offering us food, and apologizing for being busy, and just basically going out of their way to accomodate us.  We did nothing to deserve this excellent treatment, so I can only hope to repay it by doing the same for others when I can.

Today is more wet than usual, but it's also supposed to be the warmest of the week (80) before dropping down to normal pre-spring temperatures 50s/30s.  It is wonderful to be able to breathe in fresh air and walk around on a cloudy bright day.

The place we're staying at 'til Wednesday looks like a blend of San Francisco and New York City to me.  Not that I have extensive experience with either, but the houses are built almost on top of each other, and on hills, and are a variety of colors...  Very cool.