Moving in

Dale slept the clock around. And we had a very successful day today! We got ourselves to Seattle, liberated the Corolla from the trailer, and figured out where to put the truck. We're on the third floor, but thank goodness there's an elevator, and they gave us the "stop" key so we could keep the door open for loading and unloading. In the middle of the day our savior Bob arrived, and we got a good routine going: Bob and Dale hauled stuff up to the door, I brought it into the apartment and kept an eye on the kids. Here's Jordan and Ava having a little drink by the fire.

Later in the day the kid factor went up (Aaron woke from his nap, and Susanna and her friend Penelope came home from school) and the unloading efficiency went down. But we got the truck more than half unloaded, which is fantastic progress. And I unpacked the kitchen.

Happily, the walkway was not nearly so bad today. When they're not actively working on our area, it's safe.

We're back at Kari and Danny's tonight, but tomorrow morning, we'll go back to Seattle to stay. Jordan is eager. Saint Bob will help us again in the afternoon, and hopefully they'll get the truck emptied out. And we'll start really living in our house!