{"id":17,"date":"2019-09-20T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/?p=17"},"modified":"2019-12-29T18:21:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T18:21:09","slug":"three-months-in-and-alls-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/09\/20\/three-months-in-and-alls-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Three months in, and all&#8217;s well"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Three months ago today Dawnise and I landed in the UK, made our way to our temporary accommodation, and alternated between being jet lagged and worrying about the still-in-transit cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last three months we&#8217;ve: gone to a wedding in Barcelona, found a flat, moved in, found our local pub, hosted a birthday party for a friend, won an actual UK pub quiz, had a couple BBQs in the London summer, met out-of-town friends for afternoon tea, had our first overnight house guest, taken the tube a bunch, gone to the theater (Dawnise more than me), gotten a new passport (Dawnise more than me), gone back to Seattle (me more than Dawnise), gotten haircuts (if you&#8217;ve never tried it in another country, that may seem trivial &#8211; it&#8217;s not), met our new neighbors, and in two days time we&#8217;re hosting the first annual UK version of the ice cream social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems like forever and only yesterday &#8211; all at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summer days are getting shorter, and the morning temperatures are getting cool and crisp. Soon it&#8217;ll turn into a fall and winter just as cold, dark and wet as in Seattle. I think it&#8217;s safe to say we&#8217;re both looking forward to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hope this finds you well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image1-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image1-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image1-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image1-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image1-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image1-1-624x468.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/www.oubliette.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/image1-1.jpeg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230; Dan, Dawnise, &amp; the Cats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three months ago today Dawnise and I landed in the UK, made our way to our temporary accommodation, and alternated between being jet lagged and worrying about the still-in-transit cats. 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