the we've just moved - again - edition
dateline: oakville, ontario, canada @ 11:18pm on 18 june 2014
weather outside: a clammy 21C - yes, humid!
mood inside: exhausted yet open and optimistic
drinking a glass of very cold sauvignon blanc - out of a red solo cup as the kitchen is still intact at the old house and i am at the one with internet!
eating on the fly. trying to make good choices! the problem is the club makes the best french fries.
embracing change - and the dust that comes with it.
enjoying the first page of this next chapter.
cooking clean and healthy.
trying to juggle schedules: a move, end of school year, work and social lives of four teenagers!
missing a sense of calm and comfort as we go through this transition.
feeling über organized! executing plans according to schedule. well, all but the fridge install! but hey, wasn't i planning on being on the phone with goeman's tomorrow? ;)
listening to the silence of our new neighbourhood. as cole says, "it's dead quiet" - witty that boy of mine :)
watching boxes as they sit waiting to be unpacked in the living room.
reading lists. many, many lists in an effort to execute many projects as flawlessly as possible!
wearing crop pants, t-shirt and fit flops (my summer uniform).
packing not just a house! with the guidance of an extensive packing list, we are also packing for cole's trip to eastern europe and caden's visit to muskoka. so exciting!
planning the best way to celebrate the end of this latest adventure. champagne? nah. i'm leaning toward a week of sleeping and doing absolutely nothing.
stopping the crazy running around to be more mindful of what i eat, how i move, what i think, how i speak.
wanting to hear from the u.s. prep school one way or the other so we can make a plan for september!
needing to get the painter in to make this place feel more like home. yes, that means a rusty nail bedroom for me and a spiced rum office. considering an autumn leaf (now called spanish red) kitchen/family room.
wishing for the time to focus on the conscious booksmith and start (and hope to complete) the assignment for my intensive creative writing class.
waiting impatientlyfor all of the final marks to come in!
thinking it's time to get on paper - or in the computer - stories and tender whisps of ideas swirling in my head.
enjoying the journey. all of it.
paying attention to the calendar and setting up appointments and making plans for fall and beyond.
encouraging the kids, by all but example, to pace themselves and enjoy their summer. i'm also encouraging them to take in as much as possible. oh, the contradictions in growing up!
celebrating my surviving seven consecutive years of middle school. some years were better than others. now just four more years of high school awaits! pray for me.
cultivating a daily practice that is consistent and do-able.
marveling at how wonderful my kids are and how they (even sometimes reluctantly) embrace change.
anticipating a hot summer filled with fun, travel, photos, music, stories and adventure.
and tada, a photo from my week:
