A Little Chaos Theory

Last night Scott stepped outside for a moment.  As he walked to the car he was treated to a chorus of “Hi, Mr. Scott!” as the football team ran by.
Do you think there’s a student in the high school who doesn’t know where we live yet?

  School is no longer out for the summer and Breydon was awake before six and rousting everyone else out of bed.  The boys had picked out their clothes the night before so before I knew it they were all dressed and waiting for the bus.  And waiting.  And waiting.  Because you know that six was [...]

So now that we’re moved and trying to be settled, life is becoming more normal.  And by normal, I mean that we have the usual amount of chaos without adding in the challenges of job hunting or moving cross-country.  Instead, like families all over the US, our attention is turning to school.
First, there’s Scott who [...]

When we have spaghetti I usually strip Roegen down to his diaper.  I find it much easier to wash him than to get red sauce out of his clothes.  The other night he dropped some noodles onto his lap.  Once the food was rescued he looked at me and said “my naked is dirty!” 
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I had planned that I would write a little bit about the move each day, but time has not allowed.  We’ve had a birthday party to throw (happy 5th birthday, Jude), unpacking to do, and my mother-in-law and brother-in-law are visiting.  Time is at a premium.
Monday, August 4th, I buckled the boys into the car [...]

I’m still in Oregon.
We received word shortly after my post yesterday that one of Scott’s former students was killed in a car accident.  Driver fatigue may have been a factor.
So we’re going to caravan together rather than pushing ourselves separately.  While it’s frustrating to put things off yet another day, in my heart I know [...]

We’re about as done as we’re gonna be.  The boys and I leave at 7 a.m.  Scott will stay for the truck to load and follow about 2 days behind WITH the cats and dogs. 
Hopefully things will go smoothly.  The last big move we had Breydon’s cat died so I’m praying that Socrates makes [...]

We’ve had several cross-country moves and it never serves to amaze me how many errands are involved in leaving a general location.  Some things can be done over the phone, but returning cable boxes, shutting off certain utilities, and picking up school records must be done in person.  I find it all fairly tedious and [...]

I’ve always wondered how there could be people who have money that they know nothing about.  You’ve probably heard about them - people who had bank accounts that they “forgot” about or who were owed money that they never collected.  I think I have a little better understanding about the latter type of situation now.
While [...]

Toby the panther is missing.  He vanished a few weeks ago and we kept thinking that he’d turn up in some unexpected corner while we packed for the move.
So far that hasn’t happened and Jude is starting to really stress about whether or not Toby is going to make the transition to Wyoming.  They [...]