a little bit of normal

 I've been able to do some normal things this weekend.  Mostly things that I usually do not want to do.  Things that seem mundane and boring.  But it felt really good to be able to do them this weekend. 

Maybe because things have been piling up here as we ran to all the unexpected appointments we had this week and I was tired of looking at it. 

Maybe because I almost feel the need to "nest" for lack of a better word.  I feel like we're living in the calm before the storm right now and that after Tuesday I'm just not sure what to expect our life to be like for a while and don't want to start off with a dirty, unorganized house (that surprises you, huh?). 

Maybe because it's just something that I am in control of, relatively speaking. 

Maybe because it just makes things seem normal here. 

Whatever the reason, it felt good to be able to do them.

Laundry (and still working on that)

Cleaning the sink

(come see the brightness now cause I'm sure it won't last long)

 

Regardless of everything else, this was my favorite "normal" of the weekend.  Sitting outside (thank you God for giving us some sunshine and warm weather!) with one of my best friends, watching her sweet little girl play with Brian, talking to some other neighbor friends who probably don't even know what's going on because it seems weird to just announce it randomly in a conversation, and watching our boys laugh and play football in the side yard.  I can't believe they are going to be gone in the next few months.  It selfishly breaks my heart, yet I'm so so so excited for them to start a brand new journey.  But I'm still going to be the one planted in the middle of the street in front of the moving van - just saying!