as i have been whining and moaning about how molasses slow this entire thing has been, people have said "things will drag for a while and then all of a sudden...boom, there will be progress". i think we finally know what they mean.
tonight we met with our designer and our builder to review final plans and nail down some specifics, one of which is the timeline. after ironing out some this and some that, we got down to it. jack asked "so when is the demo?" and without skipping a beat kurt said "how about thursday?".
gulp.
you mean *thursday*? as in, like, today is tuesday and then generally comes wednesday if memory serves and the one after that is...thursday?
wow.
so if all goes well, we make a final run through the good old tried and true tomorrow and then say our farewells tomorrow night. when i come home from work on thursday, she'll be gone. she has been our shelter, our home, our anchor since 1996.
we have watched our kids grow up there - learning to ride bikes, then ride skateboards and scooters, and finally drive cars in her long driveway (with varying degrees of success).
we have seen animals come and go under her roof - tai (crisco eater) and kirby (who caught birds midair, without breaking a sweat), then after kirby left us came barley (aka melbourne milkshake), then after tai left us came scout (a cat dressed up in a dog costume), and now fenway (fatway). and the non-canines - iguanasaurus rex, the gerbils, the fish (all named "fish", except for the sucker whose name was "little sucker dude"), and kenny the cockatiel that landed on aly's shoulder in the driveway and ended up staying with us for several weeks...
we've celebrated some milestones - assorted birthdays for each of us, and anniversaries 10, 15, and 20.
there was the time when emmett was about 3 and i was in the driveway when suddenly i heard a little "hi mama!" - i whipped around to see him *up on the roof*.
so many memories. so much life has been lived under that very roof.
this is a whole new kind of transition for us. i am thinking a solemn gathering, a few kind words, and possibly a champagne toast in her honor may be in order.
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It's been my honor and pleasure to have shared some real fun under that roof over these last 14 years. 3 Patriots Super Bowl victories, and one loss, several Thanksgiving dinners ("Can you bring the Turkey?"), so many kiddo talent shows and impromptu plays, a stint or two as "Drunk Santa" and so much great conversation. I'll miss the old house too, sadly gone before its time, but I look forward to breaking a bottle of bubbly over the bow of the new manse soon, and starting a new era of new traditions and new fun.
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