Settling in

Jon and I have moved now 4 times since the month before we were married. One of those was just a minor move in Philadelphia before we realized we were moving out to Peoria. So, that's three major moves. I worry that it has become a sort of addiction for me. It's all been motivated by Jon's job which has provided so much for us, but sometimes I think that I've just grown accustomed to these huge upheavals.

It's been hard for us to keep in touch with the friends we make in each place because when we move we want to try to meet new people (which has also been difficult at times).

Anyway all of that to say that in each of these moves, some things inevitably get lost. This time only minor things were misplaced that we figure are either crammed into the back closet (which we don't plan on touching until we move again) or we just gave them away in the last few weeks.
Yesterday I was making banana bread. This was the first time I've tried to bake anything from scratch since the move because my first job here was approximately 60 hours a week. That's why I have a different job now. All of that to say it took me three grocery store trips to get everything I needed. I would go through the recipe and I was just sure I had said item, but then I'd get home and realize I didn't have that either. So, I would go out again in search of another ingredient. I was so annoyed. We moved at the end of May and I still don't have vanilla.

This is not interesting, I'm sorry about that...