Life in 300 square feet

We (my husband, two children, and I) have spent the past four weeks living in small spaces: the two weeks before the move in a small one-bedroom apartment in Berlin, the last two weeks in an equally small one-room hotel suite. As the woman in Julia Donaldson's A Squash and a Squeeze would put it, it's titchy for four.

So what have we been up to since returning Stateside? Lots o' things...

• we bought a car (we hadn't planned to)
• we spent four hours in the ER with our 3-year-old (hadn't planned that, either)
• we decided against the house we were sure we wanted before we moved and wound up looking at about 25 more
• we refereed countless numbers of fights between two boys who could use a little more distance from each other
• we discovered that the Great Plains can be hot and humid and rather miserable at times, and, consequently, came to accept the necessity of air conditioning
• we went to the Farmer's Market, discovered burpless cucumbers, and sampled real maple syrup by the spoonful
• we spent time hanging out in the (THE!) indie bookstore in town
• we had decent margaritas and Mexican food for the first time in years
• we went for walks in the nearby park and watched the curious fireflies check out our curious children
• we found a place to call home

And on Saturday, I head to Chautauqua for the Writers Workshop! I can't wait to get my head back into writing. It's been far too long.

Check back on Monday for the first part of a terrific guest post by Katie Davis--Marketing Monday at it's finest!

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