The Eye of Kris

Just so no one thinks the "Saga" is the only thing goin on in my life, I thought I'd give an update as to what else has been happening.

I went back to work on Thursday, feeling much better than the first part of the week. I even managed to find a very obscure fix to a problem that had been going on for a couple of weeks with no end in sight. There was rejoycing in the streets.

The weekend flew by. On Wednesday night, Travis had called me to say that they had decided to move back to Nashville. On Thursday, Amy realized that they needed to come to Nashville as soon as possible in order to get Amanda into school, which had already started the previous week. So on Friday, Amy, Amanda, Chloe and Halle were with us for the night, and on Saturday, Travis joined them.

We had a nice visit, although they spent a lot of the weekend out looking at aparments and houses for rent. Travis and Amy came to our Sunday School Class, even though they are not newlyweds (we'll let it slide). Today, they put down a deposit on an apartment and got Amanda enrolled in school. Travis will have to return to Alabama to work his last week or so, and it will be another month before they can actually get into their apartment, but by the end of September things will be back to normal... right?

Let's see - what else is going on? Last night, as Mary was trying to get Owen to settle down for bed, one of the sets of blinds in the bonus room came crashing down. We've had this happen before in another room. The screws that were used are only long enough to get up into the drywall, not the actual wood. I will probably have to re-hang all the blinds in the house at some point. It not only scared Owen, but it damaged his favorite toy - his beach ball. So, after he finally went to bed, and after a trip to Wal-Mart (the only thing open at 8 PM on Sunday) to get some deeper screws and a particular tool I did not have, I re-hung the blinds and patched his ball.

We have another checkup with our midwife on Wednesday, and then I have an all-day meeting down in Franklin. Wednesday night will be unusual, because we have no church service this week. They are doing construction in the sanctuary to re-build and re-carpet the stage and choir loft. I'm sure that's going to throw off my inner calendar, and by Friday I won't know what day it is.