Today was the rainbow day as the result of yesterday’s storm. Only it rained today too. In spite of and in the midst of the rain, we unloaded a third of our boxes off the trailer that arrived via Amtrak last night. Progress! Still a lot of unpacking and “where are we going to put this?”, cleaning and working toward getting our lives back in order.
The United States Postal Service is functioning well and forwarding our mail as pre-arranged. Tuesday is trash pick up day, a big life adjustment from our previous Thursday pick up.
Trace is feeling much better and enjoyed his first practice with FC Spokane. Meeting the coach and putting a face with the voice, emails and texts for the first time was great. Trace met a couple of kids that he will attend middle school with so things are looking up for him tremendously from yesterday. He managed to get invited to a birthday party tomorrow where he’ll meet more middle school kids. Thank you kind soccer mom for the invite and for understanding the pressures 12-year-olds face with a big move.
Andre met some kids at the school playground who are playing in Hoopfest this weekend. Andre is more basketball obsessed than usual. He wants to join a league and start planning his own 3-man for next year. Yes!
Niko is mellow as usual. Just cruising wherever life takes him, checking the sights, jumping around like a loon. All is well.
Vince played nice and work went smoothly.
Tonight we decided to see if Spokane could offer up good Mexican food. Thanks to a little Yelp help, we found Hacienda Las Flores. Don’t let the exterior fool you, this dive offered fantastic meals that rivaled some of the best Mexican food we’ve ever had in Southern California. Check that box, we have found a go-to Mexican restaurant! Woo! Could there be others?
The icing on my cupcake of a day was when I received a compliment on an old outfit I wore today. I’ll quote my friend Lita who said when she started a new job “my old clothes are new to them”!
Kid happiness is mom happiness. What a difference a day makes. Today was the calm after yesterday’s storm. Perhaps we just treaded more softly around each other, helping without complaining, or just being aware of each other’s needs.
I didn’t get the Summer Fun schedule planned today but we all contributed some great ideas.
With a little time and patience things come together nicely. Good thing. These blow-by-blow accounts of my days is not why I’m writing these blog posts. Trust that this move will sometime end (sooner than later I hope) so the writing, the stories, and adventures will improve.
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