as august creeps nearer, we are settling into a quieter lifestyle in the 'burbs. we have made a few satisfying big purchases to fill in the spare square footage. the cats and kidbot have new hallways and stairwells, windows and corners.

professionals stop by to wrangle ants, install the cool rumblings of ac or to bring us back our foundational elements of sprout's 6 am showing of sesame street and wifi.

there is a deep satisfaction in the green tomatoes percolating in the sun and the sagging weight of the fruit trees outside every window. the sunset lures the kidbot into stacking the pre-bedtime nilla wafers neatly on the windowsill in the sun room.



only one irritated shoulder remains as the moving bruises fade to a pale yellow. my hands again ache for gnitting socks, but i have yet to locate any socks on the needles. the stash has a home in our new home. a trip to ikea for appropriate shelving is immanent.

i don't yet feel ready to show off the house to friends, as there are still boxes strewn about and pictures to be hung - but the important stuff has been unearthed. we have the means in which to dress, cook, eat, and relax. with these things in place, the urge to dive into dusty boxes of ill-packed miscellania is all but gone. but that's ok, because we are finally home.