lists, kids, dream

[psocoptera]

Lists

What I left the house with: underwear, shirt, crocs, phone, Quentin. (Josh also carried: laptops, Juniper.)

What someone got out for us so I could leave with the kids: carseat, diaper bag.

What I bought the first day: Junie's favorite foods. Junie's shampoo. Toothbrushes. (message: normal life still goes on.) Also: a star turtle to replace starbug. (message: there will be continuity but also change.)

What I bought today: a better toothbrush. A lunch box. Vitamins. A respirator and a moon suit. Garbage bags.

Kids

The big trauma in Junie's life is still that she has to nap in the blue room at school (the bigger-kids class).

Quentin is of course totally fine, except when we left him at a friend's house for three hours so we could go work on the house, he wasn't thrilled with that.

Dream

Sometimes I have the packing dream, where I have to move out of my dorm room (or whatever) and am trying to frantically sort and pack everything I own.

Going through my closet in the dark, making ruthless split-second decisions about whether to toss every article of clothing or pay to have it cleaned, while Josh cranked the hand-cranked flashlight because we forgot to bring the good flashlight, was actually more surreal than any of those dreams.

Comments

[eastgategirl.livejournal.com]

We've got a couple of Coleman lanterns, so if you come down this weekend and need to bring one back with you, it's yours. And if you want any of our books or toys, they're yours, too. Extra hugs all around.

[eclectic-boy.livejournal.com]

I just heard - oh my god, am I glad you're all all right! If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know.

[cereph.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that it sounds like Junie is doing ok!