Home sweet home
21 June 07
It’s been two weeks now that we’ve been living in our “Leety House”, as Aïcha calls it. We ended up with a lounge suite in addition to the dining set & fridge that was loaned to us. So really, the house is as furnished as we need it to be. I’m coping well with the bare minimum in the kitchen, too, so perhaps this is a wake-up call to declutter our house when we get back!
Leeton is a small town of 7000 people, and we still find it astonishing when we run into friends and acquaintances while we’re “up the main street”, but I think it must happen all the time, as the locals don’t remark upon it. They do, however, rubberneck when I’m driving the Leeton Floors ute — probably trying to work out who I am!
We’ve been fellowshipping with the church family we were a part of in ’96 & ’97, and it’s been nice to once again be a part of their lives.
I have the use of a Leeton Floors vehicle (a ute) upon prior arrangement with David, so on the days when I have wheels, I really feel the freedom! I take the ute to the laundromat or the supermarket, sometimes with the girls (both in carseats), and of course, the library. When David needs to use the ute, I occasionally walk four kilometres into town, pushing the girls in the double pram. Leeton Floors is on the outskirts of town, so I pass it twice and often stop in to say hello to David or Rachel.
I feel an acute loneliness that comes from being disconnected (does that mean all my friends are online?), and I miss being able to quickly look up the answer to a trivial question or check the weather. I also notice that I am absolutely tied to the girls, as at home I could often duck down to the shops without the girls when David was working in the shed. On Tuesday night, I was gleefully light as I drove away to a craft night at a scrapbooking shop, leaving David at home with the girls.
The charm of the change of climate and environs hasn’t worn off, and we still have more to look forward to when we visit some friends in Canberra, so I’m not ready to come home yet. But, wow, I miss being online!
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1 · Ree · 23 June 2007, 13:07
Hi Lauren!
I thought I’d check out your blog and thrilled to see you’re still going to be visiting us! It sounds as though it’s a nice little change of pace to be back into country town living, though very understandable that it’s also got it’s challenges – wow, 4kms walk into town and back again!!! Will go and read your other news now.
Love Ree
2 · Ben Fisher · 23 June 2007, 22:56
Looks like a cozy little place! Will try to call you David in the next few days.
3 · Manou · 27 June 2007, 18:31
I missed you being online,too. Lineke is enjoying your news as well!
4 · Brad · 3 July 2007, 15:14
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to the internet! And so am I. I love doing those same things – checking the weather, googling stuff, finding great deals on electronics, bidding on ebay. I’m glad, though, to hear that you have a chance to re-connect with folks there and especially fellow believers. That’s so good. Now, once you get the pontoons on that truck, you can head to Missoula!
Take care!