Updates...

Oh man. I don't think I have ever been so consistently tired in my life...

While I really do not mind taking the ACE Train from Tracy into San Jose for my commute, I hate getting up so early and getting home so late. Now that Amy has been testing out her own commute solutions, we have had to examine how to drop off and pick up Lil D to/from new daycare. Basically, Amy gets up at 4:30am, takes her shower and gets dressed, gets me up at 5am for me to do the same. She leaves to drive to Pleasanton to meet her carpool that drives her the rest of the way into Palo Alto. I get ready and pack my truck up, then get Lil D up, changed and dressed, and drop him off at daycare sometime around 6:30/6:45am, allowing me to get to the train platform in front of 7am and on my way to San Jose...getting into my office by 9am.

This is such a drastic change for us. I am honestly not sure how long Amy can do it, given the stress. Both of us are examining what we can do to keep ourselves closer to home and hopefully a solution or two will appear over the holidays. Overall, though, we are doing well after the move. Still trying to get unpacked and organized because our schedules have interfered, but it has been awesome having friends and family so much closer. We miss our San Jose friends but are hoping some will be able to make it over on New Year's. Am looking forward to Christmas; actually having some money to spend on each other and the kids feels great, although I really wasn't too worried about it. It would have been just fine spending that time together.

Am hoping we can get the entire house more settled before New Year's so we can take some pictures and put them up. Maybe this weekend will be when we get a tree and put lights up...