And we are only three people in a Prius. My beloved life partner has been unable to tear herself away from our former home and the task of moving stuff to the attic and making it welcome to the people moving in next week.
We have had 4 distinct plans this week for handling this; on Monday and Tuesday, the kids and I were going to drive to St. Louis starting Wednesday and meet her at the airport; on Wednesday and Thursday, we were going to rapidly finish this part of the move and then all drive out together on Friday. On Friday and Saturday morning, the kids and I were going to drive out and meet her on Monday or so. Saturday morning and today, she has been going through the process of readying the house and herself as fast as possible, and we have been calling every so often to see if we could leave soon. So today we are actually staying in a hotel about 1.5 miles from our old home. I've refused to return to Takoma Park, so last night we stayed in a hotel in Derwood or someplace and tonight we are staying in the hotel in the "Silver Sprung" development - reachable on the 5th floor of the Wayne Street garage. We even ate dinner at Austin Grill. It's been a bit difficult to explain to the kids: "We are leaving our house, but the four of us Austin-Lanes are our home, HUA!" "We are leaving our house and mother, but we'll see her soon." "We aren't leaving just yet, but tomorrow we are all four leaving together, isn't that great!" "We aren't leaving tonight, but tomorrow morning, and we'll meet Mommy at the airport, now go say goodbye to ----- for the last time again." "OK, Mommy will be here after we watch Horton Hears the Who and I blog for a while." The lats being our current status.
Ahh, life. Who could anticipate it.
--Chris
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