It's never pretty

The photo a couple posts back of all of those neat U-Haul boxes, carefully stacked - ha. The people at the ad agency who produced that stuff have obviously never really moved themselves. Today's photo is of my living room, just about ten minutes ago. The home office is even worse. No photos of that - this is a family blog, after all. Oh, the humanity!

It's been a frenzied few days. I flew to the Bay Area to be present for The Student's PhD qualifying exams, which he took and passed on Tuesday. He flew back up here with me on Wednesday, and the past two days have been spent packing boxes, with visits to friends interspersed within. He flies back home today, leaving me with a work-in-progress. The move seems very, very real right now. Not much is packed yet - the medicine cabinet, DVDs, and many shelves worth of books. Still - of everything in this house, the things that matter are the kid, the cats, and my books. Having the last of those three largely ready for transit makes it impossible to deny that yup - we're heading outta here.

These next few weeks will be a blur. Work remains in high gear, the school year is winding down, and there's still the little matter of figuring out where the boxes will be unpacked upon our arrival in San Jose. There's a little more clarity around the date - thinking mid-July right now - but beyond that, more unknowns than not.

At least the books are packed.