Countdown to Exodus

It is the day before D and the kids leave for Ontario for the foreseeable future. They leave me behind, alone and bereft, to finalize repairs and painting of the house , get it on the market, and sell it. The rabbits are staying behind with me to be used as emergency foodstuffs for companionship. I'm not sure how the three of us will acclimate to the otherwise eery silence.

I have several rooms to repaint, and touch up work to do on rooms that have already been painted. There is packing to do, both of our stuff into boxes and of those boxes into the POD we are using to move our stuff to Ontario. There is patching of walls to be done and some small carpentry work.

These things should keep me busy for a short while.

D has mostly said her goodbyes to halifax. I wish we could take more time to do so thoroughly but the option simply does not present itself. I think the boys will adapt quickly to the change but the transition will be rough on everyone, and it will be difficult to leave the place that has been our home for many years.

But circumstances change. Needs must we change with them.

The garden promises an ample harvest. I hope I will be able to enjoy it, while simultaneously hoping that the house sells quickly and my tenure here is short once it gets listed. Still, we have herbs growing, garlic and tomatoes, beets and carrots and lettuce aplenty. I'll lament leaving that behind for strangers.

I think I may stop shaving as incentive to do the work quickly. Or possibly I won't. But with no one to impress it might be interesting to see how big I can grow my facial hair. I may take pictures

After work today and following dinner, I took everyone for Dairy Queen. Liam nearly finished a hot fudge Sunday, for which he receives respect for the effort. Wolfgang had no appetite for ice cream and instead tried to determine how far he could run from mommy and daddy, and how high he could climb.

When we got the boys home, I put Wolfgang to bed for probably the last time in a long time. THAT was HARD.

Went out in the backyard with Liam for a fire in the free fire pit we got on curbside giveaway day. Our first and last fire in that device. It was short lived but nice.

Now Liam is off to bed. D and I will likely stay up for a few more hours watching TV until she has to go pick up her dad at the airport, in order to bring him back here to help drive everybody out to Ontario.

I don't want tomorrow to arrive.

But at the same time I guess it's just the first day in the next stage of our lives.

It's still going to be a crappy damned day