Week #1

In this first week of transition, many exciting things have happened. 

To begin our travels, we got to spend a night and part of a day with our friends in Louisville, KY who are connected to the Casa Latina Catholic Worker House. Maria and her 8 year old daughter, Fernanda, were wonderful hostesses. Besides good food we enjoyed a bike ride through their neighborhood as well as time for painting some pictures, as Fernanda is quite a talented artist!

The following couple of days were spent reconnecting with Alexandria, who is on her way to a summer internship with The Shepherd Poverty Alliance working on the Clinton Foundation's Haiti Initiative at their offices in Harlem while living on campus at NYU. Alexandria's true challenge this summer is to figure out how to live on $14 a day for metro transportation, food, laundry and other incidentals. Thankfully, her room at NYU is covered. And she will have access to a kitchen. Perhaps she'll locate some soup kitchens and a pantry or two where she can get some help stretching her summer stipend!

The remainder of this week has been spent having fun with cousins, reconnecting with my sister and her family. On a sad note, her father-in-law passed away last week at age 87, so they had traveled back to Missouri at the same time we were on the road to Georgia. We likely crossed paths on the highway. Alexandria was here at their house to greet us. We've had a full week of visiting our new town, including Izabelle's new school and our new apartment complex. We've shopped for things we'll all be needing for our summer adventures outside of Georgia. We've played in the hot tub, at the parks nearby, and even climbed Stone Mountain together!

We're almost packed and ready to go. Stay tuned for weekly updates!