getting ever closer

tomorrow i think this will all seem very real and up in my face.

angie is the name of the new mee moo.

i keep trying to write everything down that we do or what we could do.....maybe tomorrow i will have a better feel and will know more what i should write down depending on how she is with the kids.

this week is going to be hard.

i have to teach her words like oopsadoodle and how henry sleeps sans pants at naps so he has easy access to the potty....how to communicate with catherine....how to tell when they are really sick....when to be lenient and when to be tougher...what museums are the favorites....how henry doesn't need to hold hands to cross the street but that i will generally put my hand on his head so that i have him in case some maniac runs the light or stop sign...that henry knows how to ride the metro and hold on...

so i guess i can write stuff down but these are the things i know and love about the kids and angie can offer new perspective....

and so it begins....another kind of countdown.

package made it

so last tuesday i sent off a shoe box filled to the brim with odds and ends to see how long it would take to get to basel and it took one week!

not bad, now if they could make it cheaper i would be happy.

i am tempted to send another box crammed with my comforter and some other crap so that i don't pay much in extra baggage when i fly over.

i keep re-arranging everyfuckingthing over and over again figuring out what i really need and what i don't.

it took me a moment to compose myself this morning before work....and i have been crying most of today...i guess as it gets closer i am getting sadder.

mostly just at things like missing henry's performance at his acting class or maybe a soccer game....and cat speaking in full sentences....and just growing up....