changes

In the wake of my drowning and recovery, Trent and I are starting to shift a little in our dreams and plans. Not dramatically. I will still be teaching through the museum, still work on my photo projects, and keep going strong with shooting weddings and portraits. He will stay at his job, and contiue to work on his writing. But we've decided to give up Mexico for the time being and be settled in one place for a while. We still haven't received our SENTRI passes to cross the border quickly, and that means we're spending too much time up here in a little ghetto alley apartment while we wish we could be in our nice house there. So we compromised, for my health, and our sanity, to look for a great house in San Diego where I could really launch my business, and we could be aethetically happy and safe.

And we found the perfect house in Kensington, a neighborhood that we both really like. We are two blocks from the library, an art house cinema, restaurants, studios, cafes, a park and all sorts of shops. The house is 2 bedroom, with a huge open living/dining room with all original wood built-ins. Fireplace, mirrored hutch, intergral windsor desk, breakfast nook that looks out onto the patio with grape arbor and bougainvillea, greenhouse, and garage with weathervane. It is in need of some TLC, so perhaps we'll be like that couple on PBS weekend mornings with all sorts of improvement projects and kerchiefs on our heads, but we are thrilled to have it. This means that there will be a proper guest room for visitors, and plenty of space to spread out.

Deposit is paid, we will wait to post pics when I get them, and the lease is finally signed.