Pseudo-moving!

Well, I was busy with work and everything, but behind the scenes, Mrs.Coturnix took some vacation time and started completely re-doing our apartment with a help of two of her best friends. It already looks better than ever and feels great, but it is not done yet. Oh, no. This weekend, we'll be taking the cats to the vet, kids and the dog to Grandma's house, bringing in a truck and loading all of our stuff on it so people can come in on Monday and Tuesday and paint, replace the carpets and vinyl floors, etc., so we can move back in on Tuesday night. I'll be going back and forth between Raleigh and Chapel Hill, taking the kids to and from school and spending my time in my 'office' on the corner working during those two days. How is that going to affect my blogging? Who knows. Depends on Grandma's internet connection and how much time all the kids (and their cousins) will let me spend online.

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Hehehehe... Must be that I "infected" Mrs. Coturnix over the phone :P I've just finished painting downstairs, we have an open house on Sunday, most of our belongings are in the trailer somewhere in the storage for weeks by now (guess what: all of them following Murphy rules, I just happen to need them NOW), and the male population of this family is unison that "it must be female crazy ideas to paint the house: what on Earth was wrong with it before!"... So, practically, the only time I have for myself is this 30 minutes or so, with my wake up dose of coffee and quick tour on the net. Hopefully soon will have more time to read your posts and comment them, some of them definitely are itching both of my little gray cells to know more about topics you have under the fold.

Good luck and all of my sympathies to Mrs Coturnix, I am sure the rest of you will have fun!