We got the leaves raked and carted away in one day. Dave and I raked up several piles of maple leaves in the backyard. (The same silver maples that gave us their sweet sap for maple syrup a couple years ago. It takes a lot more boiling down to get syrup from the silver maple than the sugar maple's sap. But, it is just as delicious...if not more so in this case since it came from the trees in our own backyard.) Then friends with a truck, extra rakes, tarps, and a lot of gung-ho came and swept it all out of our yard into their truck. That was last week.
Teacher conferences, chiropractor visits, play rehearsals, band rehearsals, closet cleaning, packing, Montessori classroom subbing. That was last week too. It really is too much. And our bodies are getting a little tired out from it all. Noah is coughing his adult hacking cough, that makes everyone who is not used to hearing it 24/7, turn around in shock to hear such a sound coming from such a small body. Phillip is lying in bed whimpering right now with a fever and aches. I've been fighting a cold for about a week. Looks like Dave and Eve are holding steady, thank goodness. The dog puked on the rug.
It is not easy to add the task of preparing for such a monumental move to the list of everyday life requirements. Especially when you've got sick kids, performances coming up in the same month as Christmas and your pack date, which is Dec. 26. But, hey, things could be worse. When it is all said and done we will be unpacking and setting up a new home in Oahu for the next three years.
In going through my memorabilia in my closet I found several pages of life goals. There's no date on it but I am pretty sure I wrote it when we were living in Illinois when I was 25. I've been telling all my friends that I've never really been all that interested in going to Hawaii. It turns out my long term memory is lacking. Number one on the list of "My Goals of Things to Do" is: Go to Hawaii and swim with a dolphin.
Be careful what you wish for.
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