Day 3

Today I actually wake up to my alarm. Still surprised wake up is not in form of one child or another leaping bodily onto me.

Get myself up and dressed, feed the rabbits, head out the door. Tonight Dwaine is coming over to help me move large furniture into the POD. Hopefully this does not end in catastrophe since I have a herniated disc and he has a bad back as well. But ultimately what we are moving is more awkward than heavy. No more cinder block shelf systems in my house.

When I finally sell the house and head off to Ontario to join the family, I'm going to miss Dwaine. He has become a dependable constant in our lives, always there to help when he is needed, even if that need is only for him to come over and eat something I have cooked.

And he really appreciates my cooking, which is awesome. We had him over to dinner the other night because I prepared a duck. Originally he declined our invitation on the basis of not enjoying duck in the past, but when he found out I was cooking it, he changed his mind. When he finally tasted it, I think he was glad he came over in the end. But he especially liked my roasted potatoes with duck fat and kosher salt. As I tell him this evening, to skip ahead a bit) "my duck fat brings all the boys to the yard, my duck fat is better than yours"

Work is a standard day, but this one rife with computer problems so highly annoying.

Come home from work, get a load if laundry in dryer and move a couple of things into the pod. Eat dinner , play a little bit on the computer, then Dwaine arrives. We immediately set to work moving the steamer trunks and the bottom half of the china cabinet into the pod. Easy with two people. I walk him through the house asking him if there are things he wants or people he knows might want. He takes away two crates of kitchen stuff and small appliances and also grabs the upstairs futon mattress and whatever parts of the frame fit in the car as well. He will come back tomorrow for the rest.

The house is feeling much emptier now. What felt like a monumental task now only seems large. I am no longer overwhelmed by the task ahead of me.

I miss the boys and I miss D. But tomorrow I am having people over for board games which should be very fun. I'll prep the table tonight and set up the board. And I might have Dwaine and his friend Lisa over in the evening to have someone to cook for. We will see.