The break I’ve been taking from blogging is willful and self-imposed. We have been moving from Raleigh to Chapel Hill, and only yesterday did we finally get the last box unpacked. We still have a lot of sorting and arranging to do – this house is smaller than the last – but we are out of the woods in terms of the dregs of moving. I don’t think I ever want to move the washer and dryer again, and the entertainment cabinet… don’t get me started.

Sadly, there’s more arranging to do, and soon. My wife’s grandfather passed away from a stroke a few days ago, and we had been keeping our extra furniture at his house. This will have to be moved in the near future – and I’m not sure where a gigantic dining room table fits into our life at this point. It would be a Greek tragedy to dispose of it now, so we will figure it out. Just another piece of the puzzle.