The Gypsy Life

"When you look into my eyes, and you see the crazy gypsy in my soul,

it always comes as a suprise when I feel my withered roots begin to grow.

Well I never had a place that I could call my very own,

that's all right, my love, cause you're my home."
~Billy Joel

Since I last wrote, we packed up our house, closed, and moved out.  Specifically, we closed last Tuesday the 22nd and moved out at exactly 4:30pm May 23rd.  That's when BT and I pulled out of the driveway. 

It was bittersweet.  I can't quite begin to put into words all that's happened in that house. 

Our first house.

We danced
We laughed
We cried.
We mourned.
We wept
We smiled
We hugged.
We kissed boo boos
We were lazy
We were stressed
We were silly.
We grew up.
And we got up each and every morning, and did it over and over again.

So I try to remind myself that while we may have left our house, we took our HOME with us.  Those two boys.  That dog.  That's my home.  Nothing else.  So we live the gypsy life for a while.  That's just okay. 

So we have been experiencing this gypsy life in a whole new way.  Right now, we're lucky to have my aunt and uncle in town who are gracious enough to take us in for a bit.  So it's really not been bad.  I'm just really tired of living out of a suitcase and my car.

Thomas is handling it all like a champ.  He thinks this is like a little adventure, and I think he likes it. 

This weekend, we took advantage of being homeless by getting out of town.  We spent a day and night in Montgomery with Gramps, then on Sunday, we headed north to Chattanooga to meet some friends of ours on a last minute getaway.  When we got there Sunday, we did the Incline Railway.  No one really prepared me for how insane that was going to be, both with the ridiculous lines, and for this girl who is afraid of heights, to do THIS.  So it's pretty safe to say that this girl won't be doing that again.

Ice Cream Waiting on the Incline

Going UP

He Loved It!

After the Incline, we ate dinner out, and then hit the hay (or for Thomas, also known as 'lay all over mommy in the hotel bed all night').

We hit up the Creative Discovery Museum Monday morning and Thomas LOVED it.  It's actually a lot like McWane, but smaller, and I thought it had a lot more stuff for the younger kids to do.

At the Water Table

Boats & Pulleys

In the Kitchen

Working as a Beekeeper in the Beehive

Tinkertoy Puzzles

More Puzzles: In Heaven with all the Puzzles

After the museum, we ate some lunch at Mellow Mushroom, then headed back home to our last week of the Gypsy Life. 

We're moving into the house on Saturday.  I think it's safe to say we're all READY to get settled in again to our own little lives.  I'm ready to get the house put back together, and Thomas is ready to pick out his room. 

So you may not hear much from us for a little bit.  It's very busy, and super fun.

I had a few friends/family call or email or text on the 25th, the day Kathryn died.  My BFF called me the day before, and said, "If I don't call you in the morning, I will call you, and I'll be thinking about you."  It took me a second, because in my head I had totally forgotten for a second and I thought, "why?"

I think that's a good sign, not that I had forgotten, but that life was just too good otherwise to focus on the sadness....