I've been a bit grumpy lately despite everything. I have been working on catching up with household chores and packing/storing/reorganizing. We finally got one of the bookcases out of the bedroom, which will go to Bess or Goodwill. We took four dining table chairs, a stool, curtain rods, and boxes (inherited books from Bess and Eve, Shelby's pitcher and bowl find, and other odds and ends) to storage - probably about the end of downsizing. We all have dental and doctor appointments set up, so all I need to do now is set up eye exams for Shelby and me. I've sorted through the storage totes and all the other stuff on our bedroom shelves, kinda, just to make more sense of it all. I feel comfortable with what's been done, and comfortable that we can keep it up easier now until we're able to escape. I can't help but feel closed up in our apartment, holed up away from the rest of the neighborhood but not away from the negative energy of this place. I don't like being grumpy, and I know that positive actions work better than wallowing in my own darkness...but I think sometimes you just gotta let yourself be pissy. But...Gage's birthday is this weekend, and Shelby got a gig in Philadelphia next week which has evolved into a getaway for us and the three little kids. Kait will have the home to herself to study in peace and quiet. We leave Saturday and come back Friday. Another "vacation", though Shelby's gotta work, for this summer! I will also be working on finishing my Consortium application, and maybe even get some writing, or other application stuff done for Teachers-Teachers. Baby steps forward, setting ourselves up...right?
School starts for the kids on the 24th...just a few weeks away. It's been a busy summer, and definitely transitional. I guess we should appreciate that we're all at home at the moment, before the rest of our life starts and we're all working and going to school. Looking forward to the future, and trying to make the present work for us :)
