Just a Few More Things

We spent the last week in NJ, helping out my parents and visiting. We froze some meals in anticipation of my mom's treatment in the months to follow (who knows how it will effect her), cleaned a little, recovered the headliner in my Dad's car, took a trip to the hospital to discuss paperwork and such. Lucy seemed to enjoy herself so much just playing with Noni and Poppy and chasing the dog around.

So now we have a few days to pack up for our move across town, then a day to settle in before our trip to Washington. We will be in Tacoma until the end of August and I am curious to see how I'll weather a summer in the city (though summer in Tacoma means a chilly average of 65 compared to Kentucky's median 75 degrees-- brrrr!). Then it will be back to Wilmore for another year or so while Alan sends out PhD applications and learns latin.

But today is all about writing reviews, catching up on work. When I started this job a year and half ago it felt pretty terrifying, espeically leaving a salary position with set hours and such. But what the hell, it feels good sometimes to throw caution to the wind and I'd rather sing for my supper any day of the week.

"I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read."

-Thomas Babington Macaulay