A few quick notes from the madhouse, while I spend time rifling through boxes for soap, underwear, and Mrs. That Dan Guy:

1) Despite every effort to make this a “seamless” move, our plan failed miserably. It will be weeks before we return to any sort of normalcy. I can’t even find Charlie anywhere, which now that I think about it, maybe isn’t such a bad thing…

2) Basic Rule Of Thumb For Moving #1: Even a minor reduction in living area square footage will result in compromises – such as having your toaster on the living room sofa table.

3) Basic Rule Of Thumb For Moving #2: “Fragile” marked on delicate boxes brings the widest smiles to movers’ faces…

4) The items you desperately need the moment you settle in, are the ones that will be buried under boxes marked “Basement”, but dropped off in the living room and bedroom.

5) Basic Rule Of Thumb For Moving #3: First morning in the new home, you discover how well built the walls are along the stairway leading downstairs, which should really have been better lit, all things considered..

6) The wonder of nature – while YOU haven’t been able to find your packed groceries, the morning after you’ve moved in you awake to discover that a family of raccoons have been infinitely more successful in that regard…

7) Unfamiliar new shower, or used sandblaster???

Things are starting to come together, just far slower than we had hoped. Family, friends – we still hope to make contact with our updated info – as soon as I can set up our main computer – we aren’t ignoring you!!

Chow for now…