i'm at my sister's enjoying the quiet of the boys' afternoon nap after a morning of running and playing and eating at the farmer's market. ann and i came down to torrance this morning so that we could watch the boys while my sister and paul went up to my mom's and cleared out the rest of the stuff there. it's almost done, she had painters come this week, and we're replacing the carpet next week, and we are putting in some new bathroom fixtures. i haven't been there since last week, before salvation army came and took away the rest of my mom's furniture. i am a little apprehensive, i guess.
life just keeps coming. my sister and paul found a place and will move to fresno in two weeks. i've been assigned to babysitting duties for all of next weekend while they get everything ready, and then the weekend after that they will be gone. i am very sad about that but have been pushing away thoughts about it, for the most part.
i am very busy at work -- i have been working through lunch and late into the night regularly since i started again. it's good to feel useful again, and i like the partner with whom i'm working -- a lot. and i am excited that after months of busy-ness we will have a huge deadline that frees things up a little and i can go to chicago for my 5-year law school reunion. it's not really about the reunion so much as seeing the friends who are still around and getting away a little. ann hasn't been to chicago before, and we are staying a little past the weekend, so we'll have some nice time to kick around the city and shop or something.
anyway. i'm going to go relax in the quiet a bit. *yawn*