One Month

It's been a whole month since we said goodbye to Harrisonburg and hello to Tirana. It still feels like we just got here!

Things I miss, in no particular order:

• knowing where to buy the things I need/want, knowing how to get there, and knowing whether the price is reasonable or not.
• being able to understand what people are saying
• RECYCLING
• Valerie and Gabriel's grandparents (all 4 of you!)
• Mr. J's
• dinners with WSK and his parents
• my yarn
• all my books!!!

Things I really like about Tirana:

• seeing the sun set over the river
• the view from our apartment (seriously, if you could see what I'm seeing right now...)
• the kindness of strangers who help us navigate the stroller up and down stairs
• the language - even though I don't understand it yet, I'm learning, and it's really really fun.
• Shpresa
• Valerie sleeping through the night and taking regular, consistent naps
• beginning to lose the baby weight with all the walking around carrying G.

More later - I think G is waking up - got to run!