A Bit Chilled

It's cold. It's May. Something is wrong with that. I've noticed, looking at weather.com, that it is not particularly cold in Burbank or Fresno, California. Really. I noticed that. We're supposed to have nice weather in the week coming up. When I'm at work. And when I don't have the time to work on the house much. New Hampshire weather is not my best friend right now.

On the other hand, some progress is being made on the house. Bathroom fixtures have been delivered, and I have given the plumber the go-ahead to put me on his schedule. We will have two or three estimates on the siding in the next few days. And although I haven't had lots of time to work on the wiring, it's actually coming along nicely, and I have most of it pretty well thought out, save for a few lights here and there that are waiting for some measurements, and the knotty problem of running wire from the panel to the meter around a nasty corner where the floor joist is very close to a concrete wall. But I'll work all that out with some family help.

Meanwhile we are all keeping busy, me with work and the house, Karen with work and the house, Thomas with school and, well, video games mostly but also looking for a job, William with school and just being a kid, and Daniel who is busy enough with just the aforementioned kid thing. We are all making preparations for the big trip, trying to figure out what we can't get along without, which is surprisingly little, and making sure that Thomas has everything he needs to get a good start in his new life as (gulp!) an adult.

It makes for a busy life, but we've had that for quite some time. But now it's a busy life that seems to have more of a sense of direction. I won't say that our planned year in California will be without difficulties, but it probably won't be any more of a struggle than the past several years have been, and it will give us a chance to reconnect with family and friends, and special places, and special activities that we have so much wanted to share with William and Daniel. When a year is over and we are ready to head back to New Hampshire, if only for awhile, I think it will be with a much better handle on who we are and where we want to go from here.

Oh good grief, I'm getting awfully serious! Must be the late hour. I'd better get to bed before I start writing a self-help book!