One Week

Well.
Here we sit down in a laundromat in Kingsville doing the laundry that we keep relegating to lower priority till it suddenly became, priority one when we had all but run out of clean clothes...

One week from today we will leave our simple country existence and its myriad of challenges for an equal challenge high above the 60th parallel. So, for the time being we are finally able to play a game of catch-up. We've shut down the Modern Alchemy Fusion Foods lab, are in the process of doing the same with our  tiny abode, and packing. The reality of the summer happening  is starting to kick in.

And of course everything is the news, on everyone's mind is the drama that our government is so far thoughtfully giving us. It seems as if collectively, we all feel a great apprehensive of what's on the close horizon. It adds to my sense of anticipation and uncertainty. And that's not good. I am however beyond thankful that our kids have such a tight network of loose family here. I am grateful that our kids are motivated hard workers and good citizens. They have succeeded despite my shortcomings as a parent. These things make it a little easier....