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Day 247: Content
Why is “content” more commonly used as an adjective rather than as a verb? Why is it something that I “am,” rather than something that I do? Maybe that seems counter-intuitive, as though I am placing priority on doing over … Continue reading
Day 221: Help
I drove my nephew to the airport in Charlotte this morning–we left the house around 7:30am. After a quick, curbside rendezvous with my sister, who had flown down to pick up her son, we were off to spend several hours … Continue reading
Day 203: Treat
We got ice cream tonight. Big deal, right? I mean–I can’t even tell you how many times we’ve driven down off the ridge and into town to get some ice cream at our local shop. I’ve joked with the kids … Continue reading
Day 196: Mark
My father-in-law passed away today. Today was also my birthday. I’m not sure really what to say about the coinciding of these two events, other than to note that for my wife (and for me as well), July 15th will … Continue reading
Day 194: Realize
I guess I mean that in both senses of the word. Even though just the other day I was writing about how my departure from Atlanta feels more like a gradual dissolve than an abrupt transition, today things felt pretty … Continue reading
Day 191: Enumerate
Nineteen. There–that doesn’t sound like too much, does it? I walked around the house today and counted up the number of pieces of furniture that still need to be loaded up into the pods. So now I’m thinking to myself: … Continue reading
Day 184: Prep
There’s a lot of prepping going on around here, that’s for sure–ten days away from my departure and 17 days for the rest of the family. Sure, there’s the boxes that still need to be packed. And yes, the final … Continue reading
Day 174: Exhale
So I’m just puttering around the house tonight, to be honest. I pulled some books off of the last remaining bookshelf and sorted out the ones I wanted to keep and the ones I could give away. I left a … Continue reading
Day 154: Sweeten
So tonight’s posting is another redirection of sorts. I was all ready to write up something about how I had finally started loading boxes and bookshelves into The Pod, in preparation for the move, but then I got to thinking: … Continue reading
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Day 117: Ease
So I just spent the last half hour walking around the house and feeling pretty overwhelmed. I had a pretty relaxing day. I slept in, met some Friends in the morning, then took the boys out to the Chattahoochee to … Continue reading
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