Lovely Cruise

I'm hot I'm cold, I'm fat I'm thin...

hot and cold
tired and awake
joyful and sad
anxious and at peace
empty and full
packed and unpacked
excited and bored
black and white
summer and winter
order and chaos
green and brown
alive and dead
loneliness and togetherness

goodbyes and hellos...

moving updates

Yesterday one of our goodbye tour stops was canceled which meant we got to stay home, pack more, watch the rain and let the boys stay in their pj's all day.  It also meant that I was able to have dinner with a couple of my friends, something I didn't think was going to happen.  I got to escape again...  And we had the most delicious Thai food.  That made it even better.

I'm almost done with the packing I need to do.  Although now I need to pack for our trip.  I've already started a pile in the corner of the living room with stuff we are taking with us.  I wonder if it will all fit in our car?  Hmmm...  I seriously can't believe the amount of stuff we've donated and trash we've thrown away.  We've only lived in this house for three years, but with the amount of stuff we've gotten rid of you would think it was more.  That Flylady might just be right with her "no clutter" and purging rules.  I just might have to start doing that.

phone calls

If you want your family members to all call you at once, just write a very vague blog entry about negativity which will make them wonder who you are talking about and if it is them...  Yep, they'll call.  :) 

p.s.  I love you guys. 

do it anyway...

I can't believe it's our last Friday night in our house.  Today we drove to the city to pick David up from work.  After we passed Treasure Island I started to cry.  The San Francisco skyline is magic and I will miss it.  It was probably the last time I make that drive. 

I-80
Bay Bridge
Fremont Street Exit
Right on Market
Right on Beale
And
Wait
And
Wait
And Wait
THERE'S DADDY!

As Neil Young wrote, "There are long roads behind me.  There are long roads ahead."  Or something like that. 

On another note, I had a little negativity upset me today.  I can't get too specific because I'm not always sure who reads my blog.  Later I went to my favorite message board (honorable mention friends) and one of the women in the group posted this wonderful poem by Mother Teresa.  Reading this brought me right back to what's important and it was what I needed to read right at that moment.  People are sometimes
jealous and
negative and
untruthful and
selfish,
but that's ok.  I'm going to try to not let it affect me so much.  Because life is just too damn short.  Period. 

Shabbat Shalom.  Happy Friday.  And have a great weekend.

DO IT ANYWAY
People are often unreasonable,
illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,
people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful,
you will win some false friends and true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

Mother Teresa
1910-1997

summertime

Well we had our 3 days of hot summertime weather for the season here in Berkeley, but I'm not complaining this year because we're headed to the land of hot-humid-no need for sweaters at night-summertime weather!  Yeehaw!  The house is SOLD!!!!!!!!!! 

p.s.  On another note a scrapbooking friend shared this video with our honorable mention group.  It is powerful and eye-opening.  If you have 13 minutes to spare, watch it.  It will open your eyes to the world of Autism. 
Autism Every Day

Happy Mother's Day

more goodbyes

I'm tired.  I'm sad.  I'm excited.  I'm nervous.  I'm ready...

My moms' group had a little pizza party for us tonight at a favorite park.  It was nice.  Great to see some moms that I hadn't seen in awhile and great to hang out with those I see almost daily. 

We are in contract to sell our house.  I have a totally different feeling with these buyers.  They seem like very nice, honest and well-intentioned people.  And they really want to buy our house.  The inspection is next Tuesday, so we still have a couple of days before it's all over.  I'm hoping this deal sticks.   

more interest

We had 3 showings today.  The first one was late morning.  The agent called and said they wanted to see it.  Then he said, "Oh I see here I'm supposed to give you an hour notice since you have small kids, but we're right outside your house.  Is it ok for us to see it now?"  Sure, buddy.  No problem.  Just don't trip over the dirty clothes in the hallway.  Good thing they didn't open any cabinets in my kitchen!  Then another man was here this afternoon and later brought his wife with him a second time.  Finally, a woman came around 6:00 (literally rang the doorbell seconds after we got home from the doctor's office) and then asked if she could come back with her husband around 8:30.  Sure, no problem.  I told her my kids would be in bed, so they wouldn't be able to see those rooms but otherwise that would be fine.  What I wanted to say was, "Are you freakin' kidding me?  Do you know what kind of day I had???"  But you see I'm motivated to sell my house and she seems like a very nice lady.  Someone that would take care of the joint after we leave.  So I watched American Idol standing up, so I could watch for them to arrive.  Charlie was having a hard time going to sleep and I didn't want them to ring the doorbell and have him get up, etc.  But they never showed up.  It's 9:19 PM and I'm about to go to bed.  Ugh.  A phone call would have been nice.  I've learned a lot about people in this whole process. 

But the good news is there's still interest.  And the even better news is that Charlie is ok.  We had a little medical scare, which smacked me right back into what's really important.  And it ain't how much you sell your house for, it's your health.  Period. 

gift

But Mommy...

That's Sam's latest line.  Last night during supper I asked him not to do something and his reply was, "But Mommy."  What a dude.