The Dog Days of Summer

We have know since before school got out that this would be a very adventurous summer.  We started officially packing as soon as school ended and have already had at least 2 hotel stays with the kids.  We have also been to Cub Scout Day Camp at Camp Akela aka Day Camp part 1.  Even with all the chaos this has been a very different summer. John got reassigned at work.  We were excited for the new opportunity then they decided to change the workload completely from what was anticipated and hence John has been working Monday through Friday in his new office in Puyallup/Tacoma while the kids and I have been in Sequim with almost weekly visits to Tacoma/Olympia.  In between all the driving we have also been packing up the house.  I think John actually planned it this way so he wouldn't have to do very much packing.  We are down to the final 10 days in Sequim and so far the yard work has been done (we may have to mow one last time) the kids bedrooms are completely empty as 3 of 4 linen/coat closets. The master bedroom closet was emptied and then became the boys temporary bedroom (it is big enough to put both mattresses with an isle in between. Juli's matress is on the floor by our bed and all of the other furniture in our bedroom has either been sold or moved to the garage.  The living room looks like a disaster but when you consider that is really all misc stuff from packing the rest of the house, I guess it isn't so bad (oh yeah, the kitchen is about 70% packed too).  Next week is Cub Scout Twilight Camp at the Fairview Grange in Sequim aka Day Camp part 2.  I think I will actually be able to get a lot of cleaning done in the afternoons with Andrew gone. There are also some wonderful Relief Society sisters that have volunteered to come over and wash walls and windows before we load the truck on Thursday night.  So far this summer has been a complete blur hopefully  it will slow down a little once we get back in to our home in Lacey.  It never ceases to amaze me how much we try to cram into our short summer vacations just to be able to say we did something exciting or fun.  In Washington it becomes so much more challenging since summer unofficially starts on July 5th.