Back in the States

It’s been a long time again, I know! Greg and I are back in the US now, which leaves me nearly three months to fill in… We arrived on July 20^th, moved in with my parents, and quickly began searching for first a car and then a place to live. In under two weeks we managed to find both a ’90 corolla all-trac (just like my High School car, but blue instead of Red), and an apartment within biking distance of Greg’s School, the Denver School of Science and Technology in the Stapleton area of Northeast Denver. We moved in two days before Greg started work, then got our shipments from both California and Indonesia (which just came two days ago). We still don’t have much furniture, but we’ll deal with that soon. So far, Greg loves his new job. The people he works with do fun things like rock climb and mountain bike and most of them are young and excited about working hard. It turns out that he gets to observe the teachers and help them implement technology in their classrooms, which is important since every kid has a laptop. In addition, he’s teaching a 9^th grade seminar and AP computer science to seniors. It’s all stuff he’s done before, but of course still provides enough challenge to keep him very busy.

Our apartment, despite being very close to what we Coloradan’s like to call ‘Saudi Aurora’ out on the plains, turns out to be in a very diverse and newly developed part of Denver. So far we’ve eaten at an Ethiopian restaurant where we were the only non-Ethiopians, had Vietnamese pho, shopped at a Japanese/Korean grocery store that had just about everything Greg needs to cook Japanese food, and have yet to try the multiple Mexican restaurants and shop at the African Muslim grocery store.

We’re about an hour drive from my parent’s house in the mountains – a little farther than I’d like, but this way we only have to have one car. For now, anyways. So I’ve gotten to ride my horse, go on some trail rides, and spend time breathing the clean, pine-scented, non-Surabaya air.

To catch you up on our time since we moved from our house in Surabaya, I’m going to add a post or two dated before this one. I know it’s confusing, but I’d like to keep in chronological. So keep reading!

For anyone wanting to get in touch, my new cell phone number is (303)257-9310. Our address is 10000 E. Alameda Ave. Apt. 833; Denver, CO 80247. The complex is called The Estates at Mira Vista (it's weird and gated, but it's what we could find and quite spacious - you have to push the button to be let in).