Yuuki and I took a
beautiful 3 mile walk along the McKenzie River. I also started a couple of
loads of laundry. I washed Yuuki's bedding (which she didn't totally appreciate,
everyone else does) and the curtains from our home.
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| Ah the visual clutter - we're working on it |
When everyone
finally began to rouse, we tried out the showers. Stacia and I can take 3 min
showers. The others could - but they seemed to think the 9 min limit on the
free showers invites one to luxuriate after finishing the essential "get
clean" 3 min part of the shower.
BreAnne took the
day off of work and we savored spending time with her!
We headed over to
Mom and Dad's next and unloaded 3 van seats, 8 suitcases, and several tubs and
boxes of books we may need before we are ready to see ALL of our household
goods again.
I hoped to work on
a project while we visited. I thought the curtains from our bedroom and the
patio could be repurposed to curtains for the kids bunks. They are good quality
black out curtains and we need curtains NOW...so it made sense to use them
rather than store them. Mom took pity on my unorthodox cutting methods and
together we finished the project. To be honest, I sewed up one set and then it
was time to run to lunch. She sewed the other two sets. ::snort::
We stopped at Best
Buy and bought a wifi range extender - BEST BUY EVER. I feel much more at peace
if I know others can reach us - and I can reach others. Found out many of you
feel the same way about being able to reach us.
We looked around for a Vita mix.
We left Yuuki at
Mom and Dad's while we went to lunch. She was having a great time with their
two pugs and we thought she'd be happier waiting there than in the van. Turns
out she seems to be worried we'd finally left her. I've not seen her so excited
in years. She ran around and around us when we returned.
We all went to
dinner at Jung's Mongolian Grill .....well except for Arielle who had
college, work study, then work at Fred Myers. After dinner we headed to Fred
Myers to pick up a few things so we can begin to sort out the caboose - curtain
rods, COMMAND HOOKS and COMMAND VELCRO STRIPS. We found Arielle and tormented her -
though she was happy to see us all - even with the group of fellow-trainees
around her.
Back at the
trailer, we hung curtains, moved stuff from one spot to another again and
installed with wifi extender.
We really need to
find a day or two to focus solely on organizing. The visual clutter is wearing
on me - but I expected it. I will continue to choose joy while we wait for the magical
moment when we're settled.
