WOW. It has been a while since I've logged in to this bloggity-blog. Luckily, not too much has changed on the blog world....still very few page views, all of which I shall attribute to my spitfire of an Italian mother, and the Blogger logo is still orange and white. HOWEVER, what has been going on in the life of the Siegels is a much different story.
We said farewell to our friend the beaded elephant at O.R. Tambo International Airport and arrived in Atlanta the day after Christmas in 35 degree temperatures after boarding the plane in JoBurg on a balmy 85 degree Christmas night. Our little Jozi did so well on the plane with only a small accident--she was so excited to see us after being in her crate for right on the 24 hour mark. We wanted her to see the splendors of what America has to offer to the pet world, so our first stop after clearing her through customs was PetsMart where she got groomed and her humans purchased her a bed, toys, and food. Spoiled girl.
While this cute girl was getting all dolled up by the jewels at the Atlanta PetsMart who fit her in at a moment's notice, Alex and I welcomed ourselves back to America (and the South) by gorging ourselves at Chick Fil A and drinking so much Diet Dr Pepper that I could have floated to Chicago. It was glorious.
We piled in to our white minivan rental and hit the road, Jack. I spent the first hour+ in the car marveling at the number of radio stations in America and texting my sister every last detail of my happiness and excitement to be back in the good ol' US of A. Our drive to Chi was rather uneventful, with a small amount of ice in Indiana but nothing that was going to stop us from getting to Mamalicia's and Ralph's house that night.
It's been a bit of a whirlwind around here since our arrival. We lived with the parentals/in-laws for about a month, bought a house, Alex 'started work', my winter classes started, I interviewed for a job and waited, and waited, we moved to our new placed, I got the job, started work, Alex officially went back to work, we've made some new friends, gotten settled in to our new neighborhood....I feel like all of these warrant some more detailed posts, which maybe will happen soon.
For now though, I have some studying to do for a test I have on Monday.
Until next time....
We piled in to our white minivan rental and hit the road, Jack. I spent the first hour+ in the car marveling at the number of radio stations in America and texting my sister every last detail of my happiness and excitement to be back in the good ol' US of A. Our drive to Chi was rather uneventful, with a small amount of ice in Indiana but nothing that was going to stop us from getting to Mamalicia's and Ralph's house that night.
It's been a bit of a whirlwind around here since our arrival. We lived with the parentals/in-laws for about a month, bought a house, Alex 'started work', my winter classes started, I interviewed for a job and waited, and waited, we moved to our new placed, I got the job, started work, Alex officially went back to work, we've made some new friends, gotten settled in to our new neighborhood....I feel like all of these warrant some more detailed posts, which maybe will happen soon.
For now though, I have some studying to do for a test I have on Monday.
Until next time....
