[blparent] Moving to San Diego!!

Fri Feb 10 22:22:55 UTC 2012

Thanks LM.  We are looking strongly at the Mission Valley neighborhood or
La.Masa.  Those are both nice areas and very accessible.  I love that so
many apartments allow dogs because then they don't even flinch about my
guide but that makes me nervous all at the same time since there will be
lots of ankle bighters riding the elevator with my guide and going potty in
the same spots, (let's hope we don't find any road apples with our shoes if
you know what I mean). GRIN

I'd love to set up a play-date with your son and mine.  Just let me know
when you're going to be in town.

Erin

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lisamaria Martinez
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 12:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Moving to San Diego!!

Erin,

Congrats to your family. I grew up in Oceanside which is about a 45 minute
drive north of sD. I visit SD often since my parents are still there.

What area of SD will you be living in?

My husband and I spent an evening in the Gas Lamp district over the holidays
and I noticed a lot of changes in SD since I left 13 years ago. If you are
in downtown SD, public transportation is pretty good.
The further away you are, the less frequent the transit.

Anyhow, I'm sure you will find plenty of opportunities for fresh air.
And who knows, maybe the next time I'm visiting my parental units Dawson and
Erik can have a playdate.

LM

On 2/10/12, Erin Rumer <erinrumer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
>
>
> I'm so excited to announce that my husband just got an advancement in 
> the VA and so we will be moving to San Diego, California in about three
weeks to a
> month.  All engines   are fired up and we are frantically packing and
> minimizing.  Our little Dawson is adorably aiding us in the process as 
> much as a 15 month old can and sometimes emptying the box we just 
> packed but that's okay because we want him to enjoy this time and change
in our lives.
> It's too cute to see how proud he is with helping mommy and daddy.
>
>
>
> I'd love to hear from those of you who have spent some time or live in 
> San Diego.  We have visited several times and know the area we want to 
> live so that helps a lot.  I know that it doesn't even begin to 
> compare with Tucson in how much more accessible and nice a place it is 
> to live but if any of you have any advice or tips I welcome them.  It 
> will be a big change for us because we'll be going from renting a 
> house with a back yard to living in an apartment.  I'd love to know 
> how folks who live in more urban areas play outside with their little 
> ones.  Right now I've been spoiled by living in a gated subdivision so 
> I can take Dawson out and we can walk around with very little traffic 
> coming through, but now that our guy is very close to riding a 
> tricycle and such combined with where we'll be living, it adds a new 
> dynamic to the picture.  I imagine we'll be playing a bit in the hall 
> of our apartment and such but I want to make sure that we're not being 
> a nuisance to neighbors.  Additionally, I want to make sure Dawson gets
plenty of fresh air and so playing outside will have to be figured out one
way or another.
> We'll probably be in a gated apartment complex so that will help a ton 
> but there will be a lot more people around so I want to know how you 
> guys do it with tots on bikes for safety.  I could still use Dawson's 
> harness and bell which will help, but traffic should we travel outside 
> the gates is what I'm worried about.  I plan on keeping Dawson behind 
> me following so that he cannot shoot out into the street so that should
help a ton.
>
>
>
> Looking forward to the beaches and so much more!
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Erin
>
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