Sweet Disarray

We are without internet this week and will most likely be without it next week as well. I don't know what I would do without my iPhone and its google maps function this week. I would be lost. Literally. I would have to use, I don't know, a phone book to find my way around this city. (Never!) (Also, how does one even get a phone book nowadays?) I am currently at a Starbucks where I have exactly one hour of internet time before they close.

Our new house is wonderful. We love it. A lot. But we are still digging our way out of boxes. Our old place had cabinets in C's bedrooms where I kept all the boys' clothing, but now they are sharing a smaller bedroom and there's a closet, but nowhere to put their clothes that doesn't hang. So I am digging through a big box every time I want to find a pair of socks or underwear or whathaveyou. This is one of the many mildly annoying things about moving. There are many, but that's the one that comes to mind. Also the fact that it has rained every day except yesterday since we got here on Friday. It was pouring down on all our stuff as the movers brought everything inside. But the boys took full advantage of the backyard yesterday even though it was still really cold outside. I think C is sick today. He was still really bummed he couldn't go outside today though. "I won't be cold Mommy! Just trust me!" ("Trust me!" is his new favorite phrase. Usually it is used totally out of context.)

I got a yellow rug on clearance from Pottery Barn today. Score!

Yubo left early Monday morning on a business trip, and he won't be back till late Saturday night. This whole moving process has totally drained him and I'm glad that he's getting a "break" of sorts, but I miss him. A lot. I was hoping to surprise him with a totally ordered house when he returned, but it's hard to imagine that happening att his point.

The kids are really stressed out from the move. They love the new house, but I'm sure it's hard for them to adjust to a whole new house and new rooms and a new sleeping arrangement. And on top of that I've been distracted with this whole renting out our condo/packing up our stuff/moving/unpacking thing for at least the past two months. C has been spectacularly irritable and I'm at my wit's end trying to be patient with him. K has been waking up 2-3 hours earlier in the morning than usual and napping at least an hour less. He's tired and fussy and wants to be held a lot, which isn't so bad really except that I have all these damn boxes to unpack.

So that's where I am right now. Trying to finish moving in. Trying to figure out the best way to make the kids feel comfortable and safe. Trying to survive without internet.

But we're doing well! Promise! I'm just dumping here, you know?