Relative Something

We got Cyndie’s new iPhone activated on my account, so she should now experience more stable coverage at our new home. It only took an hour and a half on my phone with a technician to make hers work properly. Ain’t technology grand? I’m hoping to convince her we don’t need a land line, so I’m hoping this new phone and provider will work flawlessly for her.

Instead of being frustrated by the difficulty with the activation, we are focusing on the progress that resulted. It is one more thing accomplished.

We also delivered all the pies Cyndie baked, and met all of our immediate neighbors. That was very rewarding. We are definitely outsiders. There are family connections and grade school relationships for most of our neighbors. They must be wondering what the heck we are doing here. Of course, it didn’t help us blend in at all when we pulled into their driveways in Cyndie’s bright red Audi convertible. It is so NOT a farm vehicle. Not that mine is much better, but mine isn’t a convertible, and it’s not bright red.

I was pleased when one neighbor asked me what I was doing for internet connection out here, expressing his dissatisfaction with the slow speed of their DSL connection. I was thinking I would need to learn from them, but it seems the solution we chose, of going with a mobile hotspot through our cell phone provider, is a pretty good, if not best option to go with.

We also heard a good bit more on the hunting plans for next Saturday. It is definitely a pivotal activity in these parts.

The weekend produced progress of mostly small accomplishments for us, but each little step is one that helps us to feel a bit more settled every day.

Having now talked initially with each of our neighbors is a big part of being able to feel just that much more settled.

I think surviving/getting past the deer hunting season here will allow us to take ‘settling in’ to yet another level of settled.